Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #6375
humble
使感到羞愧；羞辱；挫败…的锐气
to make someone feel ashamed or less proud, especially by defeating or humiliating them
- 1.
To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
击败或削弱权力、独立性或自尊。
- 2.
cause to be unpretentious
使变得谦逊
- 3.
To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
使谦卑或低下；使不那么骄傲或自大；使温顺和顺从。
- 4.
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
使感到羞愧；伤害自尊
使谦逊；使不炫耀；使虚心；击败或削弱权力、独立性或自尊。；使变得谦逊；使谦卑或低下；使不那么骄傲或自大；使温顺和顺从。；使感到羞愧；伤害自尊
In use
Winning the award humbled him and made him more grateful for his team's support.
The teacher's criticism humbles students who think they already know everything.
Seeing the poverty in the village humbled the rich tourists deeply.
This experience will humble him
Verb forms
base humble · third person humbles · -ing humbling · past humbled · past participle humbled
动词，意为‘使谦卑’或‘使感到羞愧’
Connections
Collocations
- humble oneself
- 放下身段；使自己谦逊
- He was willing to humble himself and ask for help.他愿意放下身段去求助。
- humble someone's pride
- 挫伤某人的傲气
- The unexpected setback humbled his pride.意外的挫折挫伤了他的傲气。
- be humbled by something
- 因某事感到谦卑；被某事折服
- I was humbled by the support I received.大家的支持让我深感谦卑。
- humble an opponent
- 击败对手；挫对手的锐气
- The young player humbled the defending champion.这位年轻选手击败了卫冕冠军。
- humble the mighty
- 使强者谦卑；挫败权贵
- The general's defeat humbled the mighty.将军的失败使强者们低下了头。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“eat humble pie”（被迫认错）：高傲者被迫“吃谦卑派”，低头服软，骄傲被挫败。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、speeches and rhetoric、news reporting、literary texts 作为动词，humble 通常用于正式或书面语境，多表示‘使丢脸、挫败其锐气’或‘使变得谦逊’。在口语中较少使用，常见于演讲、新闻报道或文学作品中。
Grammar Note
常用于 humble oneself 或 be humbled 结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 humble 押韵，词尾都是 /mbəl/（拼写为 -mble），且其中的 b 要发音。注意相近拼写并非都押韵：humbly /ˈhʌmbli/ 词尾是 /li/，number /ˈnʌmbər/ 词尾是 /ər/，plumber /ˈplʌmər/ 的 b 不发音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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