词汇精选:humble的用法和辨析
一、详细释义: adj. 谦逊的,谦恭的 例句: He treated me in a humble manner. 他以一种谦逊的方式招待我。 例句: Many famous people are surprisingly humble. 许多知名人士都出奇地谦恭。 (身份,地位等)低下的,卑微的 例句: It certainly took him down a peg to be transferred to that humble position. 被调任到那个低下的职位,无疑使他很失面子。 例句: He is of humble birth. 他出身卑微。 (物品)粗糙的,简陋的 例句: The family lived in a humble cottage. 这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。 v. 使谦卑 [T] 例句: He had to humble himself in the presence of the prince. 他在王子面前只得低声下气。 例句: Only when you respect your-self can you have the courage to humble yourself. 唯其尊重自己的人,才更勇于缩小自己。 使地位降低,使威信扫地 [T] 例句: His failure in the competition humbled him. 竞赛失利使他丢了脸。 二、词义辨析: modest,humble 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。 三、词义辨析: humble,humiliate,degrade,disgrace 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。 四、相关短语: humble plant 含羞草 一、参考例句: Just a humble woodcarver. 只是个卑微的木雕师傅。 He is of humble birth. 他出身卑微。 Welcome to my humble abode. 欢迎光临寒舍。 They humble themselves before God. 他们在上帝面前谦卑自己。 He lived in a humble cottage. 他住在一间简陋的小屋里。 The family lived in a humble cottage. 这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。 He is a man of humble birth. 他出身卑微。 Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud. 知识令人谦虚;无知使人骄傲。 Many famous people are surprisingly humble. 许多知名人士都出奇地谦恭。 Thomas has not forgotten his humble origins. 托马斯没有忘记他卑微的出身。 |