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
- Golf is a humbling game.
高尔夫球是卑微的运动。 - Eye-opening and very humbling.
开眼界并且我非常谦卑。 - Much of the past year has been deeply humbling for our industry.
过去一年的大部分时间对我们的行业深为难堪。 - We know from history that every time we think we have outsmarted malaria we learn the humbling lesson that we are dealing with a very wily parasite.
历史上,我们曾数次觉得已战胜了疟疾,而非常狡猾的寄生虫每次都逃脱控制,让我们落了空,这是令人谦卑的教训。 - It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.
据说天文学是一种令人谦卑、塑造人格的科学。 - It was so humbling and awe-inspiring to know that this song would bring so many great artists together to do something for our community.
知道这首歌将集合这麽多很棒的艺人为社会做些贡献,是不得不令人感到谦卑和惊叹的。 - 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。 - Until quite recently, the talk was about the humbling of America's laisser faire capitalism.
直到最近,美国自由资本主义蒙受的耻辱还是人们谈论的焦点。 - The account of spiritual struggle that follows has a humbling and numinous power.
之后关于精神挣扎的叙述有一种令人心生卑微之感的神秘力量。 - But the most humbling re-ranking will be when South Korea becomes richer than Japan.
不过最令人羞愧的重新排名将会是南韩变得比日本富有。