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词汇 humility
释义 humility
noun[ U ]
uk /hjuːˈmɪl.ə.ti/ us /hjuːˈmɪl.ə.t̬i/
C2
the quality of not being proud because you are aware of your bad qualities: 谦逊,谦恭
He doesn't have the humility to admit when he's wrong.他在自己错了的时候不会谦虚地承认。
They might be very rich, but it wouldn't hurt them to show a little humility.他们可能非常富有,但是表现得稍谦逊一点儿对他们不会有什么害处。
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humility | American Dictionary


humility
noun[ U ]
us/hjuˈmɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
the feeling or attitude that you have no special importance that makes you better than others; lack of pride:
Grandma was a religious woman of deep humility.

Examples of humility


humility
Bases of such changes include self-knowledge and self-critique of biases, stereotypes, and prejudices plus the virtues of openness and humility, as previously noted.
Neither of these concessions will prove fatal to the attempt to render recognition pride and humility compatible with one another.
It's a mixture of humility and brazen lack of fear.
She talked about her experience at home, and her need to display humility to gain the trust of the people around her.
That is due in particular to the indirect passions of pride and its opposite, humility.
By exercising humility, kings too can become just.
In cases where informed and reflective people disagree, we have reason to temper our claims to truth with suitable intellectual humility.
In the painting, by contrast, that sense of humility before the great unknown is removed; a sense of purpose attaches to the act of going.
The importance of peripheral vision and an acceptance of a certain humility are both necessary to make a group exercise such as this one succeed.
Finally, law and market economy contains an 'ethic of social responsibility', involving humility, diversity, and reciprocity.
But he sees no reason to imperialistically generalize the humility to all possible thinkers.
Men can choose to serve him or serve humility.
For this there is no perfect solution, only a possibility for humility.
Their belief in moral truth, combined with recognition of the difficulties in attaining it, breeds a form of epistemic humility.
The decision whether to challenge authorship claims or report misconduct, despite potentially adverse consequences, requires both humility and courage.
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