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单词 humility
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humility
noun[U]
uk
/hjuːˈmɪl.ə.ti/us
/hjuːˈmɪl.ə.t̬i/
C2
thequalityof not beingproudbecause you areawareofyourbadqualities:
谦逊，谦恭
He doesn't have the humility toadmitwhen he'swrong.他在自己错了的时候不会谦虚地承认。
They might be veryrich, but it wouldn'thurtthem to show a little humility.他们可能非常富有，但是表现得稍谦逊一点儿对他们不会有什么害处。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
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(Definition ofhumilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

humility| American Dictionary

humility
noun[U]
us
/hjuˈmɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
thefeelingorattitudethat you have nospecialimportancethat makes youbetterthanothers;lackofpride:
Grandma was areligiouswoman ofdeephumility.
(Definition ofhumilityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumility

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Bases of such changes include self-knowledge and self-critique of biases, stereotypes, and prejudices plus the virtues of openness andhumility, as previously noted.
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Neither of these concessions will prove fatal to the attempt to render recognition pride andhumilitycompatible with one another.
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It's a mixture ofhumilityand brazen lack of fear.
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She talked about her experience at home, and her need to displayhumilityto gain the trust of the people around her.
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That is due in particular to the indirect passions of pride and its opposite,humility.
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By exercisinghumility, kings too can become just.
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In cases where informed and reflective people disagree, we have reason to temper our claims to truth with suitable intellectualhumility.
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In the painting, by contrast, that sense ofhumilitybefore the great unknown is removed; a sense of purpose attaches to the act of going.
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The importance of peripheral vision and an acceptance of a certainhumilityare both necessary to make a group exercise such as this one succeed.
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Finally, law and market economy contains an 'ethic of social responsibility', involvinghumility, diversity, and reciprocity.
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But he sees no reason to imperialistically generalize thehumilityto all possible thinkers.
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Men can choose to serve him or servehumility.
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For this there is no perfect solution, only a possibility forhumility.
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Their belief in moral truth, combined with recognition of the difficulties in attaining it, breeds a form of epistemichumility.
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The decision whether to challenge authorship claims or report misconduct, despite potentially adverse consequences, requires bothhumilityand courage.
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