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humble

/ˈhʌmbəl/ 名词 C2

中文: 谦卑的人、地位低下的人

  1. People with a low position or a low opinion of themselves; those who are not proud, arrogant, or assuming. · c. 590 AD: Liber Regulae Pastoralis by Pope Gregory I "The humble are to be admonished not to be more submissive than is right".
  2. An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. (slang)

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“May it please your Majesty,” said Two, in a very humble tone, going down on one knee as he spoke, “we were trying—”
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第60页 · B2
"Have seen this humble home again.
《The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes》,第37页 · B2
“Is Bagheera,” said the Black Panther, and his jaws shut with a snap, for he did not believe in being humble.
《The Jungle Book》,第44页 · B2
In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional digressions in praise of his own humble abode, and the improvements it was receiving, he was happily employed until the gentlemen joined them; and he found in Mrs.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第84页 · B2

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