humble
['hʌm.bl] adjective
■not proud or not believing that you are important 谦虚的；谦逊的•He's very humble about his success.他对自己的成功十分谦虚。 •formal Please accept our humble apologies for the error.出现这样的差错，请接受我们真诚的道歉。 •In my humble opinion (= I want to emphasize that I think that) we should never have bought the car in the first place.依愚见，首先我们就不应该买这辆汽车。 ■poor or of a low social rank 地位低下的；卑微的•Even when she became rich and famous, she never forgot her humble background.即使她发了财也出了名，她也永远没忘记自己卑微的出身。 ■ordinary; not special or very important 普通的，不起眼的•At that time she was just a humble mechanic.那时她只是个不起眼的技工。 •humorous Welcome to our humble abode (= our home).欢迎来到寒舍。
['hʌm.bl] verb transitive
■to make someone understand that they are not as important or special as they thought they were 使…感到自惭•He was humbled by the child's generosity.那个孩子的宽宏大量使他自惭形秽。 •The world champion was humbled (= unexpectedly defeated) by an unknown outsider in last night's race.昨晚比赛中那位世界冠军意外地被一位无名小卒击败。 |