adj.謙遜的；粗陋的；卑下的；微末的

vt.使 ... 卑下；貶低

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博學(xué)使人謙遜，無知使人驕傲。

The duke did well by people in humble stations. 那位公爵善待地位低下的人。

The family lived in a humble cottage. 這戶人家住在一所簡陋的農(nóng)舍里。

You are welcome to my humble home. 非常歡迎您光臨寒舍。

He flew high though he was of humble origin. 他雖出生低微,卻胸懷大志。

He never forgot his humble origins. 他從未忘記過自己出身卑微。

We must do good rather than evil, on however humble a scale. 勿因善小而不為，勿因惡小而為之。

Let me state my humble opinion. 容陳管見。

I spread afore him my humble store, like the Bee. 我用我象蜜蜂般積攢的那點東西款待他。

And to do this we need to humble ourselves. 要做到這一點，我們需要是自己謙卑。

They tried to humble your importance in that achievement. 他們企圖貶低你在那次功績中的重要作用。

You could humble at your feet the proudest heads in the world. 你能使世界上最驕傲的頭在你腳前俯伏。

humble的基本意思是人或其言行“謙遜的,謙虛的”,引申可指人或其社會地位“低下的,卑微的”,也可指某事物“簡陋的,低劣的”。

humble還可用作及物動詞,作“使謙恭,使卑下”解。例如:The examination results humbled him.考試成績挫了他的傲氣。