humbling

基本解释

For me, reading this list is always a humbling experience.
对于我来说，阅读这份列表总是一件令人羞辱的经历。
Used carefully, this exercise in humbling the other speaker can be very effective. Just be sure to use it with colleagues and not with a boss :-)!
不过用这招要小心点，这种方法羞辱别人很有效，所以要确定你这么做的对象是你同事而不是你老板！
Gordon Brown was ranked 29th and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, came in at a humbling 56th on a list whose selection criteria are – as intended - likely to attract some puzzlement.
英国首相戈登·布朗位居29位，法国总统萨科奇令人羞辱的，仅位居56位。这一榜单的评选标准，好像故意要引起人们的猜疑。

Some are exhilarating; some are humbling." Many of the new Republican members of the House are young Tea Party activists.
Typically, that is granted and they can then do it, but they are of course humbling themselves by making the request and coming down under the orders of the winners and taking their dead away and being buried.
一般来说胜方都是会同意的,当然战败方肯定要低三下四,卑躬屈膝,然后按照胜方的指示,拿回死者的尸体然后埋葬
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It's a humbling admission for Scott, a 19-year veteran of Cray with a Ph.
FORBES: Technology
No matter how well I may be doing, believe me, this is a most humbling exercise.
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