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    Humility is the good quality of not being too proud of yourself. You still know what you can do; you just do not push it in other people's faces, and you can admit when you are wrong or when someone else knows more.

    Humility is Humility是 the good quality of not being too proud of yourself不會把自己看得太了不起的那種好特質。 You你 still know what you can do還是知道自己能做什麼; you你 just do not push it in other people's faces只是不會把它推到別人臉上炫耀, and而且 you can admit你可以承認 when you are wrong自己錯了 or或 when someone else knows more別人懂得比你多。

    Teachers, religious talk, and workplace talk all use it with approval: a leader with humility listens; a student with humility can still learn.

    Teachers, religious talk, and workplace talk老師、宗教話語,還有職場上的談話 all use it with approval都會用讚許的口氣講這個字: a leader with humility有humility的領導者 listens懂得傾聽; a student with humility有humility的學生 can still learn還能繼續學習。

    It is not the same as thinking you are worthless, and it is not the same as humiliation. Humiliation is shame poured on you. Humility is a way you choose to stand.

    It它 is not the same as thinking you are worthless跟覺得自己一文不值不一樣, and也 it is not the same as humiliation跟humiliation(羞辱)不一樣。 Humiliation isHumiliation shame poured on you是別人硬加在你身上的羞恥。 Humility isHumility a way you choose to stand則是你自己選擇的一種姿態。

    People also talk about false humility — pretending to be modest so others will praise you. That use is a warning, not praise.

    People人們 also talk about也會講到 false humilityfalse humility—— pretending to be modest假裝謙虛 so好讓 others will praise you別人稱讚你。 That這種用法 use is a warning是一種警告, not praise不是稱讚。

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組成From humble + -ity, with the mb sound reduced to m (compare plumbing). From Latin humilitas, from humilis, ‘low’, from humus, ‘ground, earth’.

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  • humblethe adjective for this same quality
  • humiliatesame Latin root, but that word is about shaming someone

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

humilitynoun/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/

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    The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

    • You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.
    • She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。