humbling

1. ADJ-GRADED 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的
   A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.
   1. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
      他的表演非常出色，但他却很谦虚。
   2. Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
      安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。
   3. ...a humble apology.
      恭敬的道歉
2. ADJ-GRADED （社会地位）低下的，卑贱的
   People with low social status are sometimes described as humble.
   1. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean...
      斯皮罗斯·拉齐斯的第一份职业是爱琴海上一名地位卑贱的渔夫。
   2. He came from a fairly humble, poor background.
      他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。
3. ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的
   A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.
   1. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them...
      专门做这些菜的餐馆既有毫不起眼的也有价格昂贵的。
   2. Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil.
      瓦恩德尔用一狭条普通的厨房用箔纸自制了反光板来拍摄这些照片。
4. ADJ-GRADED 愚（见）；拙（见）
   People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it.
   1. It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
      依拙见，这可能是英国最好的牛排馆。
5. PHRASE 道歉赔不是;承认错误
   If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
   1. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.
      安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。
6. VERB 轻易击败（强大的对手）
   If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.
   1. Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...
      本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。
   2. Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe.
      排名第三的巴尼特队以0–3的比分在克鲁遭遇惨败。
7. VERB 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱
   If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were.
   1. Ted's words humbled me...
      特德的话让我感到自惭。
   2. I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story.
      我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

1. The account of spiritual struggle that follows has a humbling and numinous power.
   之后关于精神挣扎的叙述有一种令人心生卑微之感的神秘力量。
2. Disciples and devotees of "strategic thinking" might find both books humbling.
   “战略思维”的信徒们或许会觉得这两本书里的说法不值一提。
3. My small participation in that process was one of the most humbling and inspiring experiences of my life.
   对这一个过程的微薄之力是让我感到了谦卑、给我最大启示的人生经历之一。
4. Song is an adaptable child, I often find humbling, but Chinese parents often very introverted, not good at expressing their feelings, too shy to show the love child.
   歌子是一个适应能力很强的孩子，我常常自叹不如的，但是中国式的父母很多时候很内敛，不善于表达自己的情感，羞于向孩子直白那份爱。
5. It was rather humbling to me to realize that I could have a single process on the OpenPower server with more physical memory associated with it than any machine I own has installed.
   这对我来说实在感到有些羞愧，因为我发现在OpenPower服务器上一个处理器上关联的物理内存比我自己的任何一台机器上的物理内存都要多。
6. Ordinary people, whose personal well-being and security are assured, join together in huge numbers to save people they do not know, and will never meet. My small participation in that process was one of the most humbling and inspiring experiences of my life.
   个人的福祉和安全有保证的普通百姓，携手合作，大量挽救那些他们素不相识，也许永远不会见面的人。我用自己微薄的力量参与了这一过程，也获得了更大的启发。
7. Just as traveling is humbling, it is also empowering.
   正如旅行让你谦卑，旅行赋予你力量。
8. Being asked to serve as UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling.
   被邀请担任联合国妇女署亲善大使真的让我受宠若惊。
9. Standing for election was a humbling experience. It made me realise my own shortcomings and helped me appreciate the collective wisdom of our society. What's more, it helped me better understand the importance of accepting media and public scrutiny.
   参与选举是一个令人谦卑的过程，让我认识到自己的不足，体会到社会的集体智慧，更知道接受市民和传媒监察的重要。
10. The events of the last year have exposed excesses and flaws that are, to put it mildly, humbling.
    去年发生的事件暴露出的无节制和缺陷，说的委婉点，让人羞愧。
11. It was humbling to learn his home was older than the United States.
    当我得知他的家比美国的还破旧的时候，我感到很羞耻。
12. It's a bit humbling to realize, but few of us are so unique that there isn't someone else out there who could perform the same tasks just as well.
    我们应该谦虚一点地认识到，我们之中几乎没有人那么独一无二，离了我们这世界就不能运转了。
13. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.
    据说天文学是一种令人谦卑、塑造人格的科学。
14. It was humbling and it was completely different and difficult.
    这是卑微的，也是完全不同的和困难的。
15. Until quite recently, the talk was about the humbling of America's laisser faire capitalism.
    直到最近，美国自由资本主义蒙受的耻辱还是人们谈论的焦点。
16. And so it was humbling for me to talk to the different families.
    我跟不同家庭谈话，顿感谦卑。
17. But the most humbling re-ranking will be when South Korea becomes richer than Japan.
    不过最令人羞愧的重新排名将会是南韩变得比日本富有。
18. It is humbling to be entrusted with the leadership of this critically important international institution.
    被委以领导这样一个十分重要的国际机构的重任，令人感到谦卑。
19. While watching the "Hollywood version" of one's college life is both humbling and entertaining, I hope that this film inspires countless others to create and take that leap to start a new business.
    一边看“好莱坞版”一个人的大学生活是既羞愧和娱乐性，我希望这部电影激发了无数人创造并采取这个飞跃，开始一个新的业务。
20. Much of the past year has been deeply humbling for our industry.
    过去一年的大部分时间对我们的行业深为难堪。
21. The humbling of Mr Murdoch bequeaths Britain the chance of a healthier politics.
    这个令默多克丢面子的事件给英国带来了一个打造更健康政治的机遇。
22. It was so humbling and awe-inspiring to know that this song would bring so many great artists together to do something for our community.
    知道这首歌将集合这麽多很棒的艺人为社会做些贡献，是不得不令人感到谦卑和惊叹的。
23. Why, you may ask, is this humbling to learn?
    你可能会问，为什么我非常谦卑地分享这个故事？
24. Eye-opening and very humbling.
    开眼界并且我非常谦卑。
25. This was an exciting and a humbling experience.
    这是一种令人激动和震撼人心的经验。
26. We know from history that every time we think we have outsmarted malaria we learn the humbling lesson that we are dealing with a very wily parasite.
    历史上，我们曾数次觉得已战胜了疟疾，而非常狡猾的寄生虫每次都逃脱控制，让我们落了空，这是令人谦卑的教训。
27. Visiting the hospital and seeing so many sick people being so brave was a humbling experience.
    参观医院时看到这么多病人如此勇敢使人感到惭愧。
28. My rehabilitation period despite challenging was a humbling moment of my life and a continuous process that I face until today.
    我的康复期尽管充满了挑战性，但同时也使我看到了生命中谦卑的力量，这是一个持续的过程，直至今日。
29. It was a humbling and uplifting experience to see the passion and determination that these students demonstrated to have a positive impact on the world.
    看到这些学生所展示出来的为世界带来积极影响的热情和决心，我感到无比开心。
30. Golf is a humbling game.
    高尔夫球是卑微的运动。

adj

1. causing awareness of your shortcomings
   1. golf is a humbling game

   Synonym:    demeaninghumiliatingmortifying