humble

英['hʌmbl]美['hʌmbl]

a.
1.谦逊的，谦恭的
2.（身份，地位等）低下的，卑微的
3.（东西）粗糙的，简陋的
v.[T]
1.使谦卑
2.使地位降低，使威信扫地

比较级：humbler,humblest

时　态：humbled,humbling,humbles

形容词：hum'bling

副　词：hum'bly

同反义词

同：	[v.] abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify [a.] base, low, lowly, modest
反：	[a.] proud

词义辨析

humble，humiliate，degrade，disgrace

这些动词均含有“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。
humble常可和degrade换用，强调降级所带来的耻辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小无能的心理状态。
humiliate指损伤或剥夺自尊感，损坏自尊心，强调蒙受耻辱。
degrade指因过失而受到降级、阶格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到耻辱。
disgrace指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丢脸。

参考例句

All the magnificence of these humble parishes combined would not have sufficed to clothe the chorister of a cathedral properly
那些穷教堂里所有的精华，凑拢来还不能适当装饰一个大天主堂里的唱诗童子。收藏
Don Corleone received everyone—rich and poor, powerful and humble—with an equal show of love.
邓·考利昂老头子接待每一个人——富人和穷人，有权有势的人和默默无闻的人——都一视同仁。收藏
If it is permissible to interpolate a personal humble opinion, I may say that he is right.
若允许陈述一下个人的管见，我则认为他是对的。收藏
She is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton
她的确是可爱透顶，常常不拘名份，乘着她那辆小车光临寒舍。收藏
From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.
从那些简陋的初级阶段，我们看到了现在都已普及的、使用简便的家用电脑和媒体的微机的发展。收藏

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英英解释

动词解释：

cause to be unpretentious
- This experience will humble him
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
[同] abase, humble, humiliate, mortify, chagrin

形容词解释：

marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
- a humble apology
- essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
[反] proud
low or inferior in station or quality
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
[同] humble, low, lowly, modest, small

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