谦虚的英语单词

谦虚的英语humble

humble，英文单词，主要用作为形容词、动词，作形容词时译为“ 谦逊的；简陋的；（级别或地位）低下的；不大的”，作动词时意为“ 使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气”。

单词用法

1. ADJ A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. 谦卑的; 谦逊的

2. humbly ADV 谦卑地; 谦逊地 [ADV with v]

3. ADJ People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. (社会地位) 低下的

4. ADJ A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. 普通的

5. ADJ 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. 愚拙的 (用以自谦地表达想法) [礼貌]

6. humbly ADV 愚拙地 (用以自谦地表达想法) [ADV before v]

7. PHRASE If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something. 赔礼道歉

8. V-T If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily. 轻易击败 (重要或强大对手)

9. V-T If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were. 使感到惭愧

10. humbling ADJ 使羞辱的

一般用modest或者说中国人偏向用modesthumble含有卑微低下的意思。西方人的文化里面，个人主义比较强烈，比较aggressive,所以对谦逊是不屑一顾的。但是在东方中庸文化里面，谦虚带有有涵养有内涵的色彩，是褒义的。所以modest会稍稍好一点

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