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基本双解英英辨析词源搭配短语近义反义句型用法例句例句
adj.谦逊的⁴⁵;粗陋的¹⁹;卑下的⁷;微末的⁷vt.使…卑下³;贬低¹⁹副词humbly比较级humbler最高级humblest名词humbleness过去分词humbled现在分词humbling三单humbles
adj.形容词
谦逊的,谦虚的not proud 低下的,卑微的low in rank; unimportant 简陋的,低劣的not large or elaborate; poor
Adjective:
low or inferior in station or quality;a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;a humble apology essentially humble…and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions used of unskilled work especially domestic workof low birth or station `base' is archaic in this sense;baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble or lowly birth
Verb:
cause to be unpretentious;This experience will humble him cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss modest，humble这两个形容词都有“谦恭的”之意。 modest含义广泛，指行为或态度等方面不自大、不虚荣、不傲慢、不武断和不自负。 humble指精神和行为上的谦逊，褒义指对自己或自己的成就不骄傲；贬义指过低地评价自己，对人低声下气。 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的humble；最初源自古典拉丁语的humilis，意为低的，卑下的。humble pie狩猎后供仆人吃的…humble plant含羞草eat humble pie忍辱含垢忍气吞声…
用作形容词(adj.eat humble pie赔罪; 赔礼; 道歉be very apologetic 近义词 lowlymodest反义词 vainproud
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.In my humble opinion, he will win the election .依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
He is a man of humble birth.他出身卑微。
We live in a humble cottage.我们住在一所简陋的小屋里。
用作表语
S+be+～Many famous people are surprisingly humble.许多名人都是出人意料地谦虚。
Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.自己的家再简陋也比别处好。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseHe is very humble towards his superiors.他对上级很谦恭。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～Defeat makes people humble.挫折使人谦卑。
adj.形容词
humble的基本意思是人或其言行“谦逊的,谦虚的”,引申可指人或其社会地位“低下的,卑微的”,也可指某事物“简陋的,低劣的”。
形容词75%,动词23%,名词2%
用作形容词Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
The family lived in a humble cottage.这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。用作及物动词⎤ A smaller, humbler, more regulated financial sector will emerge.
将来会出现的金融机构，会更小型、更谦虚、更守规矩。 yeeyan
Ms Jung is quick to point out that Avon offers opportunities to women in humbler positions as well.
钟彬娴很快提出也应该提供给那些地位稍低的女性一些就业机会。 blog.sina.com.cn
The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.
鸟类听不懂斯诺鲍的长篇大论，但他们接受了他的解释，所有笨一点的动物都开始着手熟记这条新法则。 yeeyan
The same kind of pleasure, though in a less intense form, is to be derived from a great deal of work of a humbler kind.
从大量层次较低的工作中也能得到同样的，只是在程度上没有那么强烈的快乐。 ebigear
And those costs sap funding from humbler but more efficient schemes.
而且这些高成本攫取了其他较节省却更有效方案的资金来源。 ecocn
But a humbler optimism may be justified.
但谨慎乐观是可以有的。 ecocn
But the real poker game involves the humbler single- aisle Boeing737 and Airbus A320 jets.
而真正的较量则来自于相对低调的单通道机型波音737和空客 A320。 ecocn
But there was also reason for cheer at Home Depot, which relies on humbler consumers and the still-low housing market: revenues were up by 4.3% on the first quarter of2009.
但依赖低端客户及低迷楼市的家得宝的欢呼同样有根有据：其在2009年第一季度的收入提高了4.3%。 ecocn
But there are many humbler forms of the same kind of pleasure.
不过，还有很多是较低层次的快乐。 ebigear
Fiscal responsibility would have to suddenly triumph, which would mean Americans would have to choose to live humbler lives.
财政责任必须突然获胜，这意味着美国人不得不选择过较节俭的生活。 suiniyi
He is the Oxford-educated barrister with unabashedly bourgeois tastes who led the Labour Party to three victories over Conservative rivals of humbler upbringing.
他是毕业于牛津大学的大律师，拥有无畏的中产阶级气质，带领着工党在与保守党竞争中取得了三次胜利。 yeeyan
He lost his position and had to take a humbler teaching job.
他失去了工作，不得不从事较为卑微的教书工作。 jukuu
His Wall Street status is a long way from his humbler roots.
他从草根打拼多年才得到如今在华尔街的地位。 ebigear
Instead, it offers a humbler suggestion.
相反，本专栏有个较为谦虚的提议。 ecocn
It recently released a new air freshener with a motion sensor to tell it when to spray its perfume, which is a fifth more expensive than the humbler sort, for example.
利洁时还为新产品增加功能，并据此定价。比如它刚刚推出一种装有动作传感器的空气清新剂，可以自动喷出清新剂，价格比简单款式产品贵1/5。 ecocn
Last December, at a black-tie gala in New York's Plaza Hotel, Bank of America Corp. CEO Kenneth Lewis told a crowd of bankers to expect a humbler industry to emerge from the wreckage.
去年12月，在纽约广场饭店的一个正式宴会上，美国银行 Bank of America Corp.首席执行长刘易斯 Kenneth Lewis向银行业人士表示，预计金融海啸的废墟上将出现一个更为低调的行业。 iciba
Millions of humbler Americans are spending a few days fishing, camping or lounging on less exclusive beaches.
数百万普通美国人则正花上几天工夫，挤在为数不多的几片专属海滩边钓鱼、露营、闲逛。 topsage
Mr Prahalad was particularly struck by the ability of these firms to harness the ideas of their humbler employees.
让普拉哈拉德印象最深的是，这些企业能够采纳普通员工的想法。 ecocn.org
No, his home had not been a planet. It had been smaller, and humbler, and much more precious.
不，他的家并不是一个星球。它更加小，更加卑微，并且更加珍贵。 starwarschina
Read from some humbler poet.
读平民诗人的作品。 caocao81.blog.tianya.cn
Watching their heroes in South Africa, they will also behold themselves: a sadder and a wiser people than they were four years ago; humbler, but still, just about, hopeful.
欣赏他们的英雄在南非的表演的同时，他们也会关注自身：相比四年前更加忧伤却也更加理智。 自感低卑却内心平和，就这样，内心充满希望。 ecocn
While Netflix competes for upmarket, technologically minded viewers, a humbler challenge is growing.
在网飞公司瞄准高端市场和比较精通科技的观众时，一个不太起眼的挑战也在兴起。 ecocn |