| 单词 | humility |
| 释义 | humility (once / 565 pages) n Humility is the quality of being humble. If you meet one of your heroes and feel nervous and in awe for her, you are experiencing humility. Humility comes from the Latin word humilis, which literally means low. If you feel humility in front of someone, you feel small in the scheme of things — that you are just a simple, insignificant person. Someone who spends his life taking care of others shows humility. Although it's related to humiliation (which makes you feel low in a bad way), humility is usually used to talk about a lack of ego. WORD FAMILYhumility: humilities USAGE EXAMPLESSouthgate says some "humility" would "not be a bad thing". BBC(Jan 01, 2017) But the public-health bureaucracy demonstrated no such humility, and its overconfidence showed how unprepared the world is to respond to biological threats. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) Even so, a little restraint and humility should guide Trump as he finds himself buried in wish lists. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride not everyone regards humility as a virtue Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper humbleness conceit, conceitedness, vanity the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride meekness, subduedness a disposition to be patient and long suffering spinelessnessthe quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 2n a humble feeling he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper humbleness pride, pridefulness a feeling of self-respect and personal worth meekness, submission the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness self-depreciationa feeling of being of little worth feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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