Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
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n. 謙遜,謙恭;謙讓的行為;謙虛謹慎;
?? hum土,地+ility狀態→地的狀態→謙讓;低下
"Her first defeat was an early lesson in humility."
她的第一次失敗使她很早便懂得了謙遜。
近義:humbleness, lowliness, meekness
反義:hubris, immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogancy
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 極好的,精彩的,絕妙的;美妙;勝;神妙;
?? wonder奇跡,神奇+ful形容詞后綴 → 極好的;驚人的,奇妙的
"Ben's a wonderful father."
本是個極好的父親。
近義:arresting, laudable, marvellous, marvelous, meritorious, astonishing
反義:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 窘迫;難堪;令人難堪或恥辱的事;
"I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that."
他說那話差點兒把我給難堪死了。
近義:humiliation, obfuscation, purblindness, bashfulness, shame, shamefacedness
反義:impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence, lip
vt. 感覺;認為;觸摸;試探;
vt.& vi. 感覺,覺得;認為,以為;觸摸;
n. 感覺;觸摸;感受;觸覺;
vi. 覺得;摸索;
"I feel all achy."
我感到渾身疼痛。
近義:notice, perceive, sense, be, touch, hold
vt. 告訴,說;辨別;吩咐;講述;
vt.& vi. 分辨,辨別;告訴,吩咐;泄漏;保證;
vi. 泄密,告發;(顏色、聲音等)顯示;識別;
n. [考古學](古代村落遺址堆積而成的)臺形土墩;[方言]講的話;談話;傳聞;
?? 他告訴(tell)我,他哥哥很高(tall)
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義:maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反義:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil