humble

['hʌmbl]

adj.谦逊的, 粗陋的, 卑下的, 微末的
vt.使 ... 卑下, 贬低

a.

1. 谦逊的; 谦恭的

Many famous people are surprisingly humble.

许多知名人士都出奇地谦恭。

2. (身份, 地位等)低下的, 卑微的

He is of humble birth.

他出身卑微。

3. (东西)粗糙的, 简陋的

The family lived in a humble cottage.

这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。

vt.

1. 使谦卑

He had to humble himself in the presence of the prince.

他在王子面前只得低声下气。

2. 使地位降低; 使威信扫地

His failure in the competition humbled him.

竞赛失利使他丢了脸。

词形变化

副词: humbly | 形容词比较级: humbler | 形容词最高级: humblest | 名词: humbleness | 动词过去式: humbled | 动词过去分词: humbled | 动词现在分词: humbling | 动词第三人称单数: humbles |

词义辨析

同义:

a.谦逊的; 简陋的

modest  meek  plain  simple  homely  unpretentious

a.谦虚的; 卑下的

lowly  meek  mild  modest  

同义参见:

lower  impute  unassuming  

反义:

a.谦逊的; 卑微的; 简陋的

proud  lofty  immodest  haughty  noble  exalted  magnificent  

反义参见:

arrogant  insolent  grand  

英英释义

动词 humble:

cause to be unpretentious

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

同义词：humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase

形容词 humble:

low or inferior in station or quality

同义词：low, lowly, modest, small

marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful- B.K.Malinowski

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

同义词：menial, lowly

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

同义词：base, baseborn, lowly

补充

humblehumble英:[ˈhʌmbl] 美:[ˈhʌmbəl]adj.1.谦逊的, 谦虚的In my humble opinion, he will win the election.依我拙见, 他将在选举中获胜。2.低下的, 卑微的He is a man of humble birth.他出身卑微。3.简陋的, 低劣的We live in a humble cottage.我们住在一所简陋的小屋里。vt.1.使谦恭, 使卑下The examination results humbled him.考试成绩挫了他的傲气。

例句

1. I think he is a very humble person.我认为他是一个很谦逊的人。 2. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble.他的表演精彩至极, 但他为人却很谦虚。 3. Andy was a humble, courteous, and gentle man.安迪是一个谦恭有礼、温文尔雅的绅士。 4. Please accept my humble apology.请接受我恭敬的道歉。 5. It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.依在下之愚见, 这可能是大不列颠最好的牛排餐厅了。 6. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean.斯皮罗斯•拉齐斯是从爱琴海一名地位卑微的渔夫起家的。 7. men and women from very humble backgrounds出身相当低下的男男女女 8. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them.专门做这些饭菜的饭店既有毫不起眼的, 也有价格昂贵的。 9. Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil.瓦恩德尔用一窄条普通的厨房用锡箔纸自制了反光板来拍摄这些照片。 10. Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe.排名第三的巴尼特队在克鲁以0比3遭遇惨败。 11. Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants.20世纪80年代, 本田作为一家小型汽车公司挫败了工业巨头, 从而声名鹊起。 12. Ted's words humbled me.特德的话让我自惭不已。 13. I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story.我确信数百万观众看到这个故事之后都会感到自己的渺小。 14. to humble oneself自卑，低声下气 15. to humble one's heart谦恭，温顺 16. He was humbled by her good scolding.她的一顿数落打掉了他的锐气。 17. They tried to humble your importance in that achievement.他们企图贬低你在那次功绩中的重要作用。 18. I felt very humble when meeting her.遇到她时我觉得很卑微。 19. my humble apologies.我低声下气的道歉。 20. she came from a humble, unprivileged background.她的出身卑微贫穷。 21. he built the business empire from humble beginnings.他从小生意开始逐步建立了这个商业王国。 22. I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.我知道他低声下气地来求我帮助。 23. your most humble servant, George Porter.您最卑微的仆人，乔治•波特。 24. He became very rich and famous but he always remained a very humble man.他发了财，成了名，可是仍然很谦卑。 25. She comes from a humble background.她出身卑微。 26. He apologized very humbly for his behaviour.他低声下气地为自己的行为道歉。 27. "Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble."尽管他成就斐然，他依然保持谦逊。 28. He is very humble about his achievements.对于自己的成就，他十分谦虚。 29. She is too humble to let praise go to her head.她十分谦虚，不会让赞扬声冲昏头脑。 30. a very humble person非常谦虚的人 31. a humble request谦恭的请求 32. Please accept my humble apologies.请接受鄙人的道歉。 33. "(sometimes humorous) In my humble opinion [=in my opinion], he is the most talented actor on the stage today."依我愚见，他是当今舞台上最有才华的演员。 34. Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.她很客气地建议我们要更细致地核对数据。 35. a humble attitude/manner谦恭的态度/方式 36. He comes from a humble background.他出身卑微。 37. She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.她不为自己卑微的出身而感到羞耻。 38. a meal made of humble ingredients用普通原料做成的饭菜 39. Welcome to our humble home/abode.欢迎光临寒舍。 40. He accepted the honor with humbleness. [=(more commonly) humility]他谦逊地接受了这项荣誉。 41. The business began humbly but quickly became successful.这家企业起步卑微，但很快便取得了成功。 42. She accepted his compliments humbly.她谦逊地接受了他的赞美。 43. The experience humbled him.那次经历令他羞愧。 44. Her success has humbled her critics.她的成功让批评她的人威风扫地。 45. Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.去年的冠军被一个不知名的新人轻松打败。 46. He needs to humble himself and ask for their forgiveness.他需要谦逊点，请求他们的原谅。 47. It was a humbling experience for me.对我来说那是一次令人羞愧的经历。 48. a very humbling defeat非常令人羞愧的失败