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humble adj.1.恭順的;謙卑的,謙遜的 (opp. inso...

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She is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton . 她的確是可愛透頂,常常不拘名份,乘著她那輛小車光臨寒舍。

She was a conceited, boastful old thing, and even misfortune could not humble her . 她是一個自高自大、愛說大話的老東西,連不幸的遭遇都不能使她謙卑一點。

The national security adviser has always had to make do with humble and compact quarters . 國家安全顧問不得不總是在簡陋而擁擠的地方湊合著辦公。

He fought many hard battles and achieved notable merits , but he remains humble in spirits . 他參加過許多戰役,立下了汗馬功勞,但他仍然很謙虛。

During his first few months at college david had been very conscious of his humble background . 在入學以后的頭幾個月里,戴維深感自己出身卑賤。

Now, i came of a humble stock, though we have white gifts and white nature . 就說我吧,雖然出生在一個貧寒家庭,總還有白人的天性、白人的傳統。

I took my dinners there, but for breakfast i stuck by harris's humble feeding house . 我在那里吃正餐,可是早餐我還是照顧哈里的簡陋小飯鋪。

She wanted to abase herself before the strong man, to be low and humble before him . 她使自己在這個強壯的男人面前顯得更謙卑,低下和恭順。

It was with a pained, and proud, and indignant tone that nydia made this humble reply . 尼狄亞謙卑的回答聲調里帶著痛苦、驕傲和憤慨。

Their humbler followers, such as partridges have a like power of strong propulsion . 它們的低級同類,如鷓鴣,有一種同樣大的推進力。

If you're very servile and humble we may give you another one next week . 如果你十分卑下,十分馴服,下星期也許我們再給你一張。

Grant was of humble origin, shabby in dress, rough in speech and manners . 格蘭特出身低微,衣著腌H,說話粗魯,態度生硬。

This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble . 這不是夸夸其談,而是一個即大膽而又誠心、謙虛的希望。

He felt small and humble when he took his seat in the commons . 當他在下議院里就座時,他感到自己地位低下,出身卑微。

I'll walk here, until the pride of the house is humbled . 我將來就在這里散步,一直散到這個家庭的聲譽一落千丈為止。

I have grown neither humble nor penitent by what has passed . 這段時間發生的事情并未使我變得謙卑,也未使我后悔。

We must be humble , for we are compassed by mysteries . 我們一定要謙虛,因為我們周圍充滿了我們還不理解的事物。

He was still a humble workman and he was earning very little money . 他仍然是個卑賤的工人,收入也極其微薄。

“ beg “ suggests the asking of a great favor in a humble manner . “討”指以謙恭的姿態要求給予巨大的幫助。