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单词 humble
释义
Humble
vverb.emotioncause to be unpretentious
Examples:
  • This experience will humble him
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:humblechange
Direct Hyponyms:efface
Full Troponyms:efface
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.emotioncause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Synset:abase chagrin humiliate mortify
Examples:
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Derivationally Related Form:abasementchagrinhumiliationmortification
Hypernyms:bruise hurt injure offend spite wound
Inherited Hypernyms:humiliatehurtarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:crushdegradedemeandisgraceput downsmashtake down
Full Troponyms:crushdehumanizereducetake down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: chagrin, mortify) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: humble, humiliate)
adj satadj.alllow or inferior in station or quality
Synset:low lowly modest small
Examples:
  • a humble cottage
  • a lowly parish priest
  • a modest man of the people
  • small beginnings
Antonyms:superior
Derivationally Related Form:humblenesslowness
Inherited Hypernyms:humble
Similar to:inferior
adjadj.allmarked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
Attributes:humbleness humility
Examples:
  • a humble apology
  • essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions - B.K.Malinowski
Antonyms:proud
Derivationally Related Form:humilityhumbleness
Inherited Hypernyms:humble
Similar to:broken crushed humbled humiliated low meek mild modest
See also:modest
adj satadj.allused of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synset:lowly menial
Antonyms:skilled
Inherited Hypernyms:humble
Similar to:unskilled
adj satadj.allof low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense)
Synset:base baseborn lowly
Examples:
  • baseborn wretches with dirty faces
  • of humble (or lowly) birth
Antonyms:noble
Derivationally Related Form:humbleness
Inherited Hypernyms:base
Similar to:lowborn
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