humbling
英 [ˈhʌmblɪŋ]
美 [ˈhʌmblɪŋ]
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的现在分词
BNC.33487 / COCA.17975
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.- He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
他的表演非常出色,但他却很谦虚。 - Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。 - ...a humble apology.
恭敬的道歉
- He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
- ADJ-GRADED (社会地位)低下的,卑贱的
People with low social status are sometimes described ashumble.- 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。 - 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。
- Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean...
- ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的
Ahumbleplace or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.- 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。 - 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。
- There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them...
- 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.- 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。
- It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
- 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.- 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。
- Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.
- VERB 轻易击败(强大的对手)
If youhumblesomeone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.- 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。 - 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。
- Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...
- 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.- Ted's words humbled me...
特德的话让我感到自惭。 - 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。
- Ted's words humbled me...
英英释义
adj
- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- golf is a humbling game
双语例句
- Being asked to serve as UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling.
被邀请担任联合国妇女署亲善大使真的让我受宠若惊。 - While watching the "Hollywood version" of one's college life is both humbling and entertaining, I hope that this film inspires countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business.
一边看“好莱坞版”一个人的大学生活是既羞愧和娱乐性,我希望这部电影激发了无数人创造并采取这个飞跃,开始一个新的业务。 - It was rather humbling to me to realize that I could have a single process on the OpenPower server with more physical memory associated with it than any machine I own has installed.
这对我来说实在感到有些羞愧,因为我发现在OpenPower服务器上一个处理器上关联的物理内存比我自己的任何一台机器上的物理内存都要多。 - And so it was humbling for me to talk to the different families.
我跟不同家庭谈话,顿感谦卑。 - My rehabilitation period despite challenging was a humbling moment of my life and a continuous process that I face until today.
我的康复期尽管充满了挑战性,但同时也使我看到了生命中谦卑的力量,这是一个持续的过程,直至今日。 - Just as traveling is humbling, it is also empowering.
正如旅行让你谦卑,旅行赋予你力量。 - Why, you may ask, is this humbling to learn?
你可能会问,为什么我非常谦卑地分享这个故事? - It was humbling to learn his home was older than the United States.
当我得知他的家比美国的还破旧的时候,我感到很羞耻。 - The events of the last year have exposed excesses and flaws that are, to put it mildly, humbling.
去年发生的事件暴露出的无节制和缺陷,说的委婉点,让人羞愧。 - It was a humbling and uplifting experience to see the passion and determination that these students demonstrated to have a positive impact on the world.
看到这些学生所展示出来的为世界带来积极影响的热情和决心,我感到无比开心。