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humble /ˈhʌmbl/●ˌeat humble ˈpie (BrE) (NAmE eat ˈcrow) say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made 认错；低头谢罪◆I had to eat humble pie when Harry, who I said would never have any success, won first prize.哈里得了一等奖，我不得不低头道歉，因为我曾说过他永远也不可能成功。 ORIGIN This comes from a pun on the old word umbles, meaning ‘offal’ (= the inside parts of an animal), which was considered inferior food. 这个习语源于古词 umbles，指动物内脏，过去被视为下等食物，该词与 humble 为谐音双关。 |