英语释义

1. not proud or haughty not arrogant or assertive

2. reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission
a humble apology

3. ranking low in a hierarchy or scale insignificant, unpretentious

4. not costly or luxurious
a humble contraption

5. to make (someone) humble (see humble entry 1) in spirit or manner

6. to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of

7. not proud not thinking of yourself as better than other people

8. given or said in a way that shows you do not think you are better than other people

9. showing that you do not think of yourself as better than other people

10. to make (someone) feel less important or proud to make (someone) humble

11. to easily defeat (someone or something) in a way that is surprising or not expected

12. not regarding others as inferior not overly proud modest
She is humble despite her great success.

13. expressed in a way that does not show too much pride
humble apologies

14. low in rank or condition
They are people of humble origin.

15. to make modest
The failure humbled him.

16. to easily and unexpectedly defeat
Our surprise attack humbled the enemy.

英汉例句

• 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。

• moreover, david cameron’s vision of a humbler state is clouded by his wish to extend its reach into private relationships, via his silly and tokenistic tax break for some married couples.

  卡梅伦对放权于民的设想笼罩上了阴影，因为他提出已婚家庭减税的政策，既无知又有装门面的嫌疑，他本意是让政府权力延伸到私人生活中，效果却适得其反。

• mr brown, who became prime minister through an internal party stitch-up and is flatlining in the polls, has a different, humbler sort of doctor’s remit.

  布朗通过党内修复成为总理，现在支持率平平，他的医生职权比较不同，比较卑微。

• 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。

• but a humbler optimism may be justified.

  但谨慎乐观是可以有的。

• 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、閑逛。

• success often breeds arrogance; one of the benefits of defeat – and there aren「t many – is that it tends to produce a humbler personality.

  成功通常会滋生傲慢；失败的好处不多，但其中之一是往往能塑造出一种更为谦卑的个性。

• but the kennedys, as well as humbler sorts nearby, such as the owners of homes, boats and businesses, have not been persuaded.

  （尽管如此啊）但是肯尼迪家族，以及身份更加低微的民众们，比如户主、船主和商人们，仍然不为所动、反对建造风电厂。

• 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。

• 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。

• chen」s friends from well-to-do families -- 「second-generation wealthy, 」 as they're called -- have been able to borrow money for hefty down payments; her friends from humbler backgrounds cannot.

  陈的来自富裕家庭的朋友，被他们成为富二代，才刚刚支付的起如此高额的费用，而她的出身卑微的朋友是无法做到的。

• instead, it offers a humbler suggestion.

  相反，本专栏有个较为谦虚的提议。

• this newspaper sold its city headquarters to a japanese developer and withdrew prudently to humbler quarters across the river.

  英国《金融时报》曾将位于金融城的总部大楼，出售给了一位日本开发商，审慎地搬到河对岸相对谦逊一些的总部大楼。

• 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 of 2009.

  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%。

• 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。

• he is the oxford-educated barrister with unabashedly bourgeois tastes who led the labour party to three victories over conservative rivals of humbler upbringing.

  他是一位牛津毕业的大律师，有中产阶级的泰然之风，领导工党三次击败了出身相对贫寒的保守党。

• some reports have estimated thetotal residential space at 400, 000 square feet, though people close to theproject say the real number is a humbler 60, 000 square feet.

  有些报道估计整个大厦的居住面积是四十万平方英尺，但一些熟悉这个项目的人却说实际的面积远小于此，只有六万平方英尺。

• mr bryson’s book gives humbler readers a feeling of what they are missing—and how lucky they are to enjoy what comforts they have.

  布莱森先生的书让平民读者们感受到人们错过了什么，同时人们又是多么幸运地能享受如今所拥有的舒适安逸。

• while netflix competes for upmarket, technologically minded viewers, a humbler challenge is growing.

  在网飞公司瞄準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。

相似词

demure(Demure)人名；(法)德米尔

down-to-earth实际的；现实的

lowly卑贱的；地位低的；谦逊的

meek(Meek)人名；(英)米克

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特

unassuming谦逊的；不装腔作势的；不出风头的

unpretentious谦逊的；含蓄的；不炫耀的；不铺张的

相反词

arrogant自大的，傲慢的

bumptious傲慢的；瞎自夸的

chesty胸部丰满的；胸部大的；骄傲的

conceited自负的；狂想的；逞能的

fastuous傲慢的；炫耀的；虚饰的

haughty傲慢的；自大的

high-handed高压的；专横的；目空一切的

high-hat自命不凡

hoity-toity装腔作势；横蛮的态度

huffish发怒的；傲慢的；不高兴的

huffy怒沖沖的；暴躁的

imperious专横的；迫切的；傲慢的

lordlyad 贵族般地；高傲地

overweening自负的，过于自信的；过分的

peremptory强制的；绝对的；断然的；专横的

pompous自大的；浮夸的；华而不实的；爱炫耀的

presuming冒昧的，自以为是的

presumptuous专横的；放肆的；冒昧的

pretentious自命不凡的；炫耀的；做作的

self-assertive自作主张的，孤行专断的

supercilious目空一切的，高傲的；傲慢的，自大的

superior上级，长官；优胜者，高手；长者

uppish傲慢的；盛气凌人的

uppity傲慢的；自负的；不易控制的