humbling

美 [ˈhʌmblɪŋ]英 [ˈhʌmblɪŋ]
  • v.谦逊,虚心;低声下气;使感到卑微;贬低;轻松打败(尤指强大的对手)
  • humble的现在分词
  • adj.令人羞辱的;使自惭的;使感到卑贱的
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  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的
    A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.

    He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...

    他的表演非常出色,但他却很谦虚。

  • 'I'm a lucky man, undeservedly lucky,' he said humbly.

    “我是个幸运的人,本不配如此幸运,”他谦虚地说。

  • 3
    ADJ-GRADED (社会地位)低下的,卑贱的
    People with low social status are sometimes described as humble.

    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。

  • 4
    ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的
    A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.

    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。

  • 5
    ADJ-GRADED 愚(见);拙(见)
    People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it.

    It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.

    依拙见,这可能是英国最好的牛排馆。

  • So may I humbly suggest we all do something next time.

    那么鄙人可否建议下次我们大家都要做点事。

  • 7
    PHRASE 道歉赔不是;承认错误
    If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.

    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。

  • 8
    VERB 轻易击败(强大的对手)
    If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.

    Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...

    本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。

  • 9
    VERB 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱
    If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were.

    Ted's words humbled me...

    特德的话让我感到自惭。

  • I came away very humbled and recognizing that I, for one, am not well-informed.

    我离开时感到十分惭愧,意识到自己至少可说是见识短浅。

  • Giving up an addiction is a humbling experience.

    戒瘾是一次让人重新认识自己的经历。

adj

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causing awareness of your shortcomings
golf is a humbling game
Synonym: demeaning humiliating mortifying

数据来源:WordNet

  1. The account of spiritual struggle that follows has a humbling and numinous power .

    之后关于精神挣扎的叙述有一种令人心生卑微之感的神秘力量。

  2. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-buildingexperience .

    据说天文学是一种令人产生自卑、塑造人格的科学

  3. A certain humbling from time to time is good .

    不时受点儿屈辱是有好处的。

  4. Much of the past year has been deeply humbling for our industry .

    过去一年的大部分时间对我们的行业深为难堪。

  5. It was humbling and it was completely different and difficult .

    这是卑微的,也是完全不同的和困难的。

  6. Going back to rehab a second time was humbling .

    第二次进康复中心是件很丢人的事

  7. Why , you may ask , is this humbling to learn ?

    你可能会问,为什么我非常谦卑地分享这个故事?

  8. It was humbling to learn his home was older than the United States .

    当我得知他的家比美国的还破旧的时候,我感到很羞耻。

  9. And so it was humbling for me to talk to the different families .

    我跟不同家庭谈话,顿感谦卑。

  10. I suspect many start-up executives have similar , appropriately humbling marital arrangements

    我想,许多创业公司的高管们也有类似的“妻管严”现象吧

  11. My small participation in that process was one of the most humbling and inspiring experiences of my life .

    对这一个过程的微薄之力是让我感到了谦卑、给我最大启示的人生经历之一。

  12. Disciples and devotees of " strategic thinking " might find both books humbling .

    “战略思维”的信徒们或许会觉得这两本书里的说法不值一提。

  13. Just as traveling is humbling , it is also empowering .

    正如旅行让你谦卑,旅行赋予你力量。

  14. Visiting the hospital and seeing so many sick people being so brave was a humbling experience .

    参观医院时看到这么多病人如此勇敢使人感到惭愧。

  15. It is humbling to be entrusted with the leadership of this critically important international institution .

    被委以领导这样一个十分重要的国际机构的重任,令人感到谦卑。

  16. This was an exciting and a humbling experience .

    这是一种令人激动和震撼人心的经验。

  17. Being asked to serve as UN Women 's Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling .

    被邀请担任联合国妇女署亲善大使真的让我受宠若惊。

  18. The hospital stay was humbling to him .

    在住院期间,他感到自我的卑微。

  19. My rehabilitation period despite challenging was a humbling moment of my life and a continuous process that I face until today .

    我的康复期尽管充满了挑战性,但同时也使我看到了生命中谦卑的力量,这是一个持续的过程,直至今日。

  20. It has been a very humbling experience .

    不过,这段经历让我锐气大减。

  21. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience .

    据说天文学是一种令人谦卑、塑造人格的科学。

  22. Standing next to the colossal blocks of stone is a humbling and awe-inspiring experience .

    当你站在金字塔脚下,仰望着这些巨石时,你会顿生谦恭之心和敬畏之情。

  23. But the most humbling re-ranking will be when South Korea becomes richer than Japan .

    不过最令人羞愧的重新排名将会是南韩变得比日本富有。

  24. The humbling of Mr Murdoch bequeaths Britain the chance of a healthier politics .

    这个令默多克丢面子的事件给英国带来了一个打造更健康政治的机遇。

  25. There was nothing quite so humbling as standing outside my elementary school classroom and seeing you come walking down the hall .

    最为丢脸的事莫过于站在我小学的课堂外看到你沿着走廊走过来。

  26. The humbling of two global banks in recent weeks has been greeted very differently on opposite sides of the Atlantic .

    最近几周,两家国际银行的丑闻在大西洋两岸引起了截然不同的反响。

  27. But the sting of not humbling him remained with her .

    不过瑞德不肯屈服,依然使她感到难受。

  28. Golf is a humbling game .

    高尔夫球是卑微的运动。

  29. and it was an incredibly humbling experience for me because I realized what it means to be a journalist .

    对我来说,这是一段非常惭愧的经历,因为我意识到了做一名记者意味着什么。

  30. It was so humbling and awe-inspiring to know that this song would bring so many great artists together to do something for our community .

    知道这首歌将集合这麽多很棒的艺人为社会做些贡献,是不得不令人感到谦卑和惊叹的。