humbled

英 [ˈhʌmbld]

美 [ˈhʌmbld]

v.  贬低; 使感到卑微; 轻松打败(尤指强大的对手); 低声下气; 谦逊; 虚心
humble的过去分词和过去式

过去式：humbled　过去分词：humbled　

BNC.44620 / COCA.28506

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的
  Ahumbleperson is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.
  1. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
     他的表演非常出色，但他却很谦虚。
  2. Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
     安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。
  3. ...a humble apology.
     恭敬的道歉
• ADJ-GRADED （社会地位）低下的，卑贱的
  People with low social status are sometimes described ashumble.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的
  Ahumbleplace or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 愚（见）；拙（见）
  People usehumblein a phrase such asin my humble opinionas a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it.
  1. It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
     依拙见，这可能是英国最好的牛排馆。
• PHRASE 道歉赔不是;承认错误
  If youeat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
  1. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.
     安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。
• VERB 轻易击败（强大的对手）
  If youhumblesomeone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.
  1. Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...
     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。
  2. Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe.
     排名第三的巴尼特队以0–3的比分在克鲁遭遇惨败。
• VERB 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱
  If something or someonehumblesyou, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were.
  1. Ted's words humbled me...
     特德的话让我感到自惭。
  2. I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story.
     我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

英英释义

adj

• subdued or brought low in condition or status
  1. brought low
  2. a broken man
  3. his broken spirit
  Synonym:brokencrushedhumiliatedlow

双语例句

• And you inspired us and you humbled us.
  你们给了我们灵感，令我们相形见绌。
• God humbled Babylon's Nebuchadnezzar with insanity, then gave him the heart of a man.
  神让巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒失去理智，使他谦卑，之后给他一个有人性的心。
• It humbled me, he says.
  它让我变得谦逊，他说。
• Pride had been humbled and prejudice dissolved.
  傲慢与偏见的最终回。
• My US editor sent me an e-mail saying she was in love with me and my book. I was a genius and she was humbled to have the huge honour of working with me.
  我的美国编辑给我发来一封邮件，说她爱我和我的书，我是一个天才，和我一起工作是她的巨大荣幸。
• She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what.
  她觉得丢脸，她觉得伤心；她后悔了，可是她又几乎不知道在后悔些什么。
• Ted's words humbled me
  特德的话让我感到自惭。
• I was shocked, and humbled to tears. "are you sure?" I asked.
  我的心不禁一颤，流下了泪水，“一定要这样吗？”我问到。
• I am honored and humbled by the faith you've placed in me, she said to Obama.
  耶伦对奥巴马说，对于您赋予我的信任，我深感荣幸。
• At once we were in awe, humbled and reverent in this place of death;
  我们对这儿充满敬畏，谦卑和虔诚。