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ADJ-GRADED
謙遜的;謙虛的;謙卑的
A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.
例句
He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
他的表演非常出色，但他卻很謙虛。
Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
安迪是個謙遜而且彬彬有禮的紳士。
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ADJ-GRADED
（社會地位）低下的，卑賤的
People with low social status are sometimes described as humble.
例句
Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean...
斯皮羅斯·拉齊斯的第一份職業是愛琴海上一名地位卑賤的漁夫。
He came from a fairly humble, poor background.
他出生在一個地位相當低下的貧窮家庭。
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ADJ-GRADED
粗陋的;簡陋的;不起眼的
A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.
例句
There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them...
專門做這些菜的餐館既有毫不起眼的也有價格昂貴的。
Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil.
瓦恩德爾用一狹條普通的廚房用箔紙自制了反光板來拍攝這些照片。
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ADJ-GRADED
愚（見）；拙（見）
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.
例句
It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
依拙見，這可能是英國最好的牛排館。
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PHRASE
道歉賠不是;承認錯誤
If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
例句
Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.
安森被迫認錯并公開向她道歉。
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VERB
輕易擊敗（強大的對手）
If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.
例句
Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...
本田在20世紀80年代作為一家輕易挫敗行業巨頭的小汽車公司而聲名鵲起。
Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe.
排名第三的巴尼特隊以0–3的比分在克魯遭遇慘敗。
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VERB
使謙遜;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.
例句
Ted's words humbled me...
特德的話讓我感到自慚。
I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story.
我相信數百萬觀眾看了這個故事后都會感到自己的渺小。