humble
英 ['hʌmbl]
美 ['hʌmbl]
- adj. 谦逊的；简陋的；（级别或地位）低下的；不大的
- vt. 使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气
助记提示
1. 人在含苞待放之时要谦卑。
2. 谐音“含苞” => 没有怒放，含苞待放 => 低调、谦逊、谦卑。
3. Etymologically, humble means 'close to the ground'.
4. 谐音“憨包”。
双语例句
- 1. Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato.
- 现在专家们都在赞美其貌不扬的马铃薯的种种好处。
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- 2. 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。
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- 3. 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。
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- 4. He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
- 他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。
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- 5. 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。
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