humbled是英語中形容詞及物動詞,源自詞根humble。作形容詞時意為“謙遜的”“卑下的”“粗陋的”,作及物動詞時表示“使卑下”“貶低”。其被動語態多用於強調主體地位降低或情感卑微,固定搭配如“be humbled to the dust”(遭受奇恥大辱)及“I am humbled by”(自感渺小)常見於表達謙卑或貶低行為的語境。
該詞演變自拉丁語humilis(意為“低矮的”),核心語義與謙遜、卑微相關。其過去分詞形式由動詞humble變形而來,語法規則包含現在分詞humbling、第三人稱單數humbles。習語“eat humble pie”(忍氣吞聲)源自umbles(動物內臟)的拼寫演變,後與humble詞義結合。在套用中,humbled既用於描述謙遜狀態(如“出身卑微”),也用於貶低行為(如“擊敗傲慢對手”),涵蓋文學、日常及專業領域(如金融著作標題中的“humbled the IMF”)。
基本介紹
- 外文名:humbled
- 詞性:形容詞、及物動詞
- 發音:[ˈhʌmbld]
單詞釋義
短語搭配
雙語例句
- He was humbled by her generosity. 她的大度使他覺得自己渺小。
- Ted's words humbled me. 特德的一席話使我自感慚愧。
- The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds. 這位世界冠軍昨晚三個回合就被輕鬆擊敗。
- Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants. 20世紀80年代,本田作為一家小型汽車公司因一舉擊垮行業巨頭而聲名鵲起。
- The artist was finally humbled by the greatest artist on earth, Mother Nature. 這位藝術家最終被世界上最偉大的藝術家——大自然母親所折服。
- "I'm humbled to receive an award for something I love doing and continue to love doing," said a tearful Beckham. 貝克漢姆含淚說:“我為我能獲得這個獎項感到受寵若驚,我熱愛並會繼續熱愛我的事業。”
- I'm humbled by my experience, and regardless of how hard I try, my images pale in comparison to the canyon's majesty. 我的經驗使我感到卑微,無論我多么努力嘗試,與大峽谷的威嚴相比,我的想像是蒼白的。
- I was very humbled that they knew me. 他們都認識我,這讓我受寵若驚。
- I felt really humbled. 我真的感到很慚愧。
- The Wall Street grandees have been humbled. 華爾街顯貴們被挫了傲氣。
- Everyone treated me so well that I was humbled. 大家對我都很好,我簡直受寵若驚。
- Boyle: I do feel rather overwhelmed and 12 humbled. 博伊爾:我的確感到很有壓力,有點受寵若驚。
- Well, this week I had an experience that humbled me. 但是,這個星期的一段經歷使我自慚形穢。
- You'll be challenged, inspired, motivated and humbled. 你會面臨挑戰,受到鼓舞和激勵,變得謙遜。
- Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? 亞哈在我面前這樣自卑,你看見了嗎?
- I'm feeling very humbled. I'm a soldier. This has been my dream. 我感到十分謙卑,我是一個士兵,這一直以來是我的夢想。
- I was shocked, and humbled to tears. "Are you sure?" I asked. 我當時很震驚,謙卑地留下了眼淚並問道。“你確定嗎?”
- There were moments when he did, indeed, look humbled - even broken. 事實上,質詢過程中有幾個瞬間他看上去很謙卑,甚至被打斷說話。
- You just start to be humbled by the tears instead of becoming proud. 你會因淚水謙卑而非驕傲。
- We’re humbled by the reviews and extremely energized by the attention! 然而,在評論面前我們依然很謙遜,能受到如此關注我們又是極端興奮,充滿活力!
- But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies. 但如今你丟棄了我們,使我們受辱,不和我們的軍兵同去。
- She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. 她覺得丟臉,她覺得傷心;她後悔了,可是她又幾乎不知道在後悔些什麼。
- The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, 'the Lord is just.' 於是王和以色列的眾首領都自卑說,耶和華是公義的。
- "For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored" (Luke 14:11 NLT). 因為自豪變成謙虛,謙虛又會變成榮譽。
- Publicly humbled by a frank report on its failings, the bank has made a raft of changes. 在以卑謙的姿態向公眾坦白了自己的失誤之後,瑞銀做了大量的變革。
- Let me just state for the record; training for this triathlon has humbled and educated me. 讓我先申明一下作為記錄,這次訓練給我上了生動的一課並讓我時刻保持謙遜。
- We are humbled by the resilience and strength the Japanese people are showing in these difficult times. 在這個艱難的時刻,日本人民所表現出的堅韌和力量讓我們感到自身的渺小。

