humbles

英 [ˈhʌmblz]

美 [ˈhʌmblz]

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
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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。

双语例句

• The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
  他使人贫穷、使人富足.人卑微、使人高贵。
• He maintained the humbles attitude that has always marked his public appearances.
  他保持着他出现在公众场合时惯有的谦恭态度。
• Failure humbles us, which is no bad thing.
  失败使我们变得谦卑，这并不是一件坏事。
• That pain humbles you and strips down your ego.
  那种痛苦使你谦下而卑微，削弱了你的自尊。
• V.S.Naipaul's Miguel Street described all the emotions of humbles at Miguel Street.
  奈保尔的《米格尔街》描写的是米格尔街上的一些卑微的小人物的喜怒哀乐。
• My father moved to Indiana and had a large family of his own, working long hours in the steel mills, work that kills the lungs and humbles the spirit, all to support his family.
  后来我父亲搬到印地安那州并且有了自己的大家庭，他在炼钢厂长时间的工作，那工作很低下，而且对肺有损害，这一切都是为了家。
• Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self-respect.
  一个贬低自己以示尊敬他人的人；一个做事没有自尊的人。
• We get a little over-confident and the market humbles us.
  我们有点过于自信，市场教训了我们。
• Give reasons for one's behaviour For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  为自己的行为作解释凡自高的必降为卑，自卑的必升为高。