humble是什么意思_humble怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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 work)

of 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"

中英词源

humble 卑微的，谦逊的

来自古法语humble,卑微的，来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，来自humus,土，尘土，词源同humus.引申词义卑微的，谦逊的。习语to eat humble pie,赔礼，道歉，来自umbles,动物内脏，词源同loin,lumbar.动物内脏在过去属于下等食品，是给仆人或奴仆等下等人吃的，因而引申该词义，同时，由于umbles对大多数人来说都属于陌生词，词义又恰好与humble吻合，因此，拼写最终被humble所代替。插入字母b,比较number,numerate.

humble: humble: [13] Etymologically, humble means ‘close to the ground’. It comes via Old French umble from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’. This was a derivative of humus ‘earth’, which is related to English chameleon and human and was itself acquired by English in the 18th century. In postclassical times the verb humiliāre was formed from humilis, and English gets humiliate [16] from it.
=> chameleon, human, humiliate, humus
humble (adj.): mid-13c., from Old French humble, earlier humele, from Latin humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in Middle English Related: Humbly; humbleness.
Don"t be so humble; you"re not that great. [Golda Meir]
To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is Middle English numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article).
humble (v.): late 14c. in the intransitive sense of "to render oneself humble;" late 15c. in the transitive sense of "to lower (someone) in dignity;" see humble (adj.). Related: Humbled; humbling.

词态变化

第三人称单数 humbles;
过去式 humbled;
过去分词 humbled;
现在分词 humbling;
比较级 humbler;
最高级 humblest;
副词 humbly;

权威造句

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

近反义词

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...

相似短语

humble income 微薄收入

humble plant 含羞草

humble pie n. (狩猎后供仆人吃的)内脏做的煎馅饼,[喻]屈辱,丢脸

Humble relation 亨勃尔关系

humble oneself 自卑, 低声下气

of humble birth 平民出身

eat humble pie 忍气吞声,低声下气,含垢忍辱

humble oneself before ... 在…面前低声下气

bow in humble reverence 毕恭毕敬地鞠躬

of the most humble pretensions 极朴实的

单词分析

这些动词均含有“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。
humble常可和degrade换用，强调降级所带来的耻辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小无能的心理状态。
humiliate指损伤或剥夺自尊感，损坏自尊心，强调蒙受耻辱。
degrade指因过失而受到降级、阶格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到耻辱。
disgrace指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丢脸。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。

记忆方法

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”。

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