humble
adjective
uk/ˈhʌm.bəl/us/ˈhʌm.bəl/C2
notproudor notbelievingthat you areimportant:
谦虚的，谦逊的He's very humble about hissuccess.他对自己的成功十分谦虚。
formalPleaseacceptourhumbleapologiesfor theerror.出现这样的差错，请接受我们真诚的道歉。
In my humbleopinion(= Iwanttoemphasizethat Ithinkthat)we should never haveboughtthecarin the firstplace.依拙见，首先我们就不应该买这辆汽车。
C2
pooror of alowsocialrank:
地位低下的，卑微的Even when shebecamerichandfamous, she neverforgother humblebackground.即使她发了财也出了名，她也永远没忘记自己卑微的出身。
ordinary; notspecialor veryimportant:
普通的，不起眼的At thattimeshe was just a humblemechanic.那时她只是个不起眼的技工。
humorousWelcome toourhumbleabode(=ourhome).欢迎来到寒舍。
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- introversion
- mousy
- reticent
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- self-deprecatingly
- wallflower
- withdrawn
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Of little or less importance
Plain and ordinary
humble
verb[T]
uk/ˈhʌm.bəl/us/ˈhʌm.bəl/to make someoneunderstandthat they are not asimportantorspecialas theythought:
使…感到自惭He was humbled by the child'sgenerosity.那个孩子的宽宏大量使他自惭形秽。
Theworldchampionwas humbled(=unexpectedlydefeated)by anunknownoutsiderin last night'srace.昨晚比赛中那位世界冠军意外地被一位无名小卒击败。
Compare
humiliate
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified