1 ADJ-GRADED 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的 A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的
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He gave a great performance, but he was very humble.
他的表演非常出色,但他却很谦虚。
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Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。
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...a humble apology.
恭敬的道歉
SYN modest, meek, unassuming, unpretentious
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] (社会地位)低下的,卑贱的 People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. (社会地位)低下的,卑贱的
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Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean.
斯皮罗斯·拉齐斯的第一份职业是爱琴海上一名地位卑贱的渔夫。
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He came from a fairly humble, poor background.
他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。
SYN lowly, common, poor, mean
3 ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的 A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的
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There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them.
专门做这些菜的餐馆既有毫不起眼的也有价格昂贵的。
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Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil.
瓦恩德尔用一狭条普通的厨房用箔纸自制了反光板来拍摄这些照片。
SYN ordinary, common, commonplace
4 ADJ-GRADED 愚(见);拙(见) People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it. 愚(见);拙(见) [politeness]
5 PHRASE 道歉赔不是;承认错误 If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something. 道歉赔不是;承认错误
6 VERB 轻易击败(强大的对手) If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily. 轻易击败(强大的对手)
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Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants. [VERB noun]
本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。
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Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe. [VERB noun]
排名第三的巴尼特队以0–3的比分在克鲁遭遇惨败。
SYN humiliate, shame, disgrace, break
7 VERB 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱 If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were. 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱
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Ted's words humbled me. [VERB noun]
特德的话让我感到自惭。
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I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. [VERB noun]
我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。
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I came away very humbled and recognizing that I, for one, am not well-informed.
我离开时感到十分惭愧,意识到自己至少可说是见识短浅。
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