以下这些动词均含有"使丢脸，使受耻辱" 的意思
humble常可和degrade换用，强调降级所带来的耻辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小无能的心理状态。
humiliate：指损伤或剥夺自尊感，损坏自尊心，强调蒙受耻辱。
degrade：指因过失而受到降级、阶格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到耻辱。
disgrace：指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丢脸。
以下这两个形容词都有"谦恭的" 的意思
modest：含义广泛，指行为或态度等方面不自大、不虚荣、不傲慢、不武断和不自负。
humble：指精神和行为上的谦逊。褒义指对自己或自己的成就不骄傲；贬义指过低地评价自己，对人低声下气。

词组

eat humble pie
make a humble apology and accept humiliation. umbles 低声下气地道歉（接受羞辱）
my humble abode
used to refer to one's home with an ironic or humorous show of modesty or humility 寒舍
your humble servant
(archaic or humorous)used at the end of a letter or as a form of ironic courtesy (古或幽默)您卑微的仆人，卑职［用于信件结尾，或作为讽刺性的谦恭］

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ADJ-GRADED

谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的

A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.
例句
He gave a great performance, but he was very humble... 他的表演非常出色，但他却很谦虚。 Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man. 安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。
ADJ-GRADED

（社会地位）低下的，卑贱的

People with low social status are sometimes described as humble.
例句
Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean... 斯皮罗斯·拉齐斯的第一份职业是爱琴海上一名地位卑贱的渔夫。 He came from a fairly humble, poor background. 他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。
ADJ-GRADED

粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的

A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.
例句
There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them... 专门做这些菜的餐馆既有毫不起眼的也有价格昂贵的。 Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil. 瓦恩德尔用一狭条普通的厨房用箔纸自制了反光板来拍摄这些照片。
ADJ-GRADED

愚（见）；拙（见）

People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it.
例句
It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain. 依拙见，这可能是英国最好的牛排馆。
PHRASE

道歉赔不是;承认错误

If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
例句
Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her. 安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。
VERB

轻易击败（强大的对手）

If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.
例句
Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants... 本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。 Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe. 排名第三的巴尼特队以0–3的比分在克鲁遭遇惨败。
VERB

使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱

If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were.
例句
Ted's words humbled me... 特德的话让我感到自惭。 I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story. 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。

英汉词典释义

adj.
谦逊的, 谦虚的
In my humble opinion, he will win the election. 依我拙见, 他将在选举中获胜。
（级别或地位）低下的, 卑微的
He is a man of humble birth. 他出身卑微。
简陋的, 低劣的
We live in a humble cottage. 我们住在一所简陋的小屋里。
vt.
使谦恭, 使卑下
The examination results humbled him. 考试成绩挫了他的傲气。

英英词典释义

Verb
1. cause to be unpretentious;
"This experience will humble him"
2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
Adjective
1. low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage""a lowly parish priest""a modest man of the people""small beginnings"
2. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;
"a humble apology""essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces""of humble (or lowly) birth"

行业词典

体育：挫败；打败；