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humble

['hʌmbl] брит. / амер.

1. прил.
  1. простой, незнатный по происхождению
  2. скромный, непритязательный; застенчивый, робкий
  3. покорный, смиренный; униженный
  4. простой, скромный; небольшой (о достатке, имуществе)
2. гл.
  1. унижать
  2. попирать, смирять
  3. заставлять склонить голову (в знак уважения)
прил.
безрогий, комолый

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

humble

скромный (modest)
покорный, смиренный

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Haydn was practical, affable, humble, and generous, he said, yet also a complex person with a silent darkness all his own inside.
Приветливым, скромным, щедрым и при этом – реалистом. И в то же время – таким сложным, погруженным в тихий сумрак, который носил в себе.
Murakami, Haruki / Kafka on the shoreМураками, Харуки / Кафка на пляже
Кафка на пляже
Мураками, Харуки
© Haruki Murakami, 2002
© Перевод. С. Логачев, И. Логачев, 2005
© ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2005
Kafka on the shore
Murakami, Haruki
© 2005 by Haruki Murakami

And which is the convenient end, seems, in my humble opinion to be left to every man's conscience, or at least in the power of the chief magistrate to determine.
Решение же вопроса: какой конец признать более удобным, по моему скромному суждению, должно быть предоставлено совести каждого или, в крайнем случае, власти верховного судьи империи.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan

And she will find out, she will, and will come to sit beside me of her own accord, humble, timid, ingratiating, seeking my glance, radiant at my smile." ...
И она узнает - узнает и сядет подле меня сама, покорная, робкая, ласковая, ища моего взгляда, радостная от моей улыбки...
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

I have a friend, Gil, now a highly paid copywriter, who came from humble origins.
У меня есть друг, Джил, высокооплачиваемый автор текстов рекламных объявлений и статей, родом из незнатной семьи.
Lowndes, Leil / How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with YouЛаундес, Лейл / Как влюбить в себя любого
Как влюбить в себя любого
Лаундес, Лейл
© Leil Lowndes, 1996
© «Добрая книга», 2001 - Перевод и оформление
How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You
Lowndes, Leil
© 1995 by Debra McCarthy-Anderson and Carol Bruce-Thomas
© 1996 by Leil Lowndes

"Now that I am the humble slave of a good woman there is some chance for me!" cries this model of husbands.
-Став покорным рабом хорошей и доброй женщины, я и сам оказался не так уж плох! - восклицает ее образцовый муж.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The NewcomesТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ньюкомы
Ньюкомы
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Newcomes
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© 1898, by Harper & Brothers

The same meek and humble ascetics will rise up and go out to work for the great cause.
Те же смиренные и кроткие постники и молчальники восстанут и пойдут на великое дело.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

All these humble, insignificant people had come, as one of these gentlemen expressed it, because it was "inevitable."
Весь этот смирный мелкотравчатый люд явился так сказать "по неизбежности", как выразился один из этих господ.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

To the astonishment of every one, Agafya accepted with humble resignation the blow that had fallen upon her.
К удивлению всех, Агафья с покорным смирением приняла поразивший ее удар.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

Neil was not conscious of how humble he had become to this venerable elder of his race.
Нийл сам не замечал, как смиренно он обращается к этому почтенному старейшине своего племени.
Lewis, Sinclair / Kingsblood RoyalЛьюис, Синклер / Кингсблад, потомок королей
Кингсблад, потомок королей
Льюис, Синклер
© "ЛЕНИЗДАТ", 1960
Kingsblood Royal
Lewis, Sinclair
© 2001 Random House, Inc.

"Don't be so confounded humble.
— Не будь таким скромником.
Heinlein, Robert / Time Enough For LoveХайнлайн, Роберт / Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса Лонга
Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса Лонга
Хайнлайн, Роберт
© 1973 by Robert A. Heinlein
© Перевод. Ю. Соколов, 2008
© TERRA FANTASTICA, 2008
Time Enough For Love
Heinlein, Robert
© 1973 by Robert Heinlein

If you’ve made a fool of yourself you must eat humble pie.
Раз уж ты заварил кашу, так ты ее и расхлебывай.
Maugham, Somerset / The Moon and SixpenceМоэм, Сомерсет / Луна и грош
Луна и грош
Моэм, Сомерсет
© Издательство «Правда», 1982
The Moon and Sixpence
Maugham, Somerset
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

Well now, if I were to describe all this, and I have seen greater events than these, all these critical gentlemen of the press and political parties--Oh, no thanks! I'm their very humble servant, but no thanks!"
Ну, опиши я эти все факты, - а я бывал свидетелем и величайших фактов, - издай я их теперь, и все эти критики, все эти литературные тщеславия, все эти зависти, партии и... нет-с, слуга покорный!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

“Captain Lebyadkin your most humble friend. And he has time no end.”
"Капитан Лебядкин, покорнейший друг и имеет досуг".
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

And then he'd pull out his gold one-year medallion and show it to em, all the while lookin like he hadn't had nothin to eat but humble pie for a month of Sundays.
А потом Джо вытаскивал свою медальку и показывал ее. При этом он выглядел так, будто у него уже несколько дней крошки во рту не было.
King, Stephen / Dolores ClaiborneКинг, Стивен / Долорес Клэйборн
Долорес Клэйборн
Кинг, Стивен
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993
© перевод с английского Е.Харитоновой, 1995
Dolores Claiborne
King, Stephen
© Copyright Stephen King, 1993

And meanwhile I kept on the same humble lodging; I kept it on but I didn't live in it; there I kept my trunk, my bag, and my various properties. But I really lived with Prince Sergay.
А пока я всё еще продолжал занимать мою квартиренку, занимать, но не жить в ней; там лежал мой чемодан, сак и иные вещи; главная же резиденция моя была у князя Сергея Сокольского.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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'hʌmblAdjectiveпростой; незнатный по происхождению

User translations

Adjective

1.
скромный, смиренный
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1.
смиренный
translation added by Дмитрий Архипов
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2.
Скромный, простой.
translation added by Елисей Стаковский
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3.
малый, низкого происхождения,не выдающийся
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Collocations

eat humble pie

покориться

eat humble pie

проглотить обиду

eat humble pie

смириться

eat humble pie

унижаться

eat humble pie

униженно извиняться

humble pie

унижение

humble request

покорная просьба

humble tools

простые средства

in humble circumstances

в стесненных обстоятельствах

of humble origin

незнатного происхождения

of humble origin

безродный

humble habitation

жалкое жилище

humble / meek person

смиренник

humble / meek person

смиренница

humble / plaintive petition

слезница

Word forms

humble

verb

Basic forms
Past	humbled
Imperative	humble
Present Participle (Participle I)	humbling
Past Participle (Participle II)	humbled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I humble	we humble
you humble	you humble
he/she/it humbles	they humble

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am humbling	we are humbling
you are humbling	you are humbling
he/she/it is humbling	they are humbling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have humbled	we have humbled
you have humbled	you have humbled
he/she/it has humbled	they have humbled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been humbling	we have been humbling
you have been humbling	you have been humbling
he/she/it has been humbling	they have been humbling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I humbled	we humbled
you humbled	you humbled
he/she/it humbled	they humbled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was humbling	we were humbling
you were humbling	you were humbling
he/she/it was humbling	they were humbling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had humbled	we had humbled
you had humbled	you had humbled
he/she/it had humbled	they had humbled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been humbling	we had been humbling
you had been humbling	you had been humbling
he/she/it had been humbling	they had been humbling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will humble	we shall/will humble
you will humble	you will humble
he/she/it will humble	they will humble

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be humbling	we shall/will be humbling
you will be humbling	you will be humbling
he/she/it will be humbling	they will be humbling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have humbled	we shall/will have humbled
you will have humbled	you will have humbled
he/she/it will have humbled	they will have humbled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been humbling	we shall/will have been humbling
you will have been humbling	you will have been humbling
he/she/it will have been humbling	they will have been humbling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would humble	we should/would humble
you would humble	you would humble
he/she/it would humble	they would humble

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be humbling	we should/would be humbling
you would be humbling	you would be humbling
he/she/it would be humbling	they would be humbling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have humbled	we should/would have humbled
you would have humbled	you would have humbled
he/she/it would have humbled	they would have humbled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been humbling	we should/would have been humbling
you would have been humbling	you would have been humbling
he/she/it would have been humbling	they would have been humbling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am humbled	we are humbled
you are humbled	you are humbled
he/she/it is humbled	they are humbled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being humbled	we are being humbled
you are being humbled	you are being humbled
he/she/it is being humbled	they are being humbled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been humbled	we have been humbled
you have been humbled	you have been humbled
he/she/it has been humbled	they have been humbled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was humbled	we were humbled
you were humbled	you were humbled
he/she/it was humbled	they were humbled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being humbled	we were being humbled
you were being humbled	you were being humbled
he/she/it was being humbled	they were being humbled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been humbled	we had been humbled
you had been humbled	you had been humbled
he/she/it had been humbled	they had been humbled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be humbled	we shall/will be humbled
you will be humbled	you will be humbled
he/she/it will be humbled	they will be humbled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been humbled	we shall/will have been humbled
you will have been humbled	you will have been humbled
he/she/it will have been humbled	they will have been humbled

humble

adjective

Positive degree	humble
Comparative degree	humbler
Superlative degree	humblest

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

humble

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humble

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humble

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