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humble pie

/ˈhʌmbl paɪ/
  • 屈辱,谦卑:指以被迫屈服、道歉或收回言论等形式而遭受的屈辱,常用于短语“吃谦卑的馅饼”。

双语例句

  1. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologize to her.
    安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. RENAULT is eating a lot of humble pie this year.
    雷诺公司今年将咽下大量“内脏馅饼”(屈辱)。
  3. This would require eating a modest slice of humble pie.
    这要求带有适量的屈尊。

相关短语

  • eat humble pie
    忍辱含垢;忍气吞声;低头谢罪
  • Eating humble pie
    屈尊
  • eat the humble pie
    赔礼道歉
  • The humble pie
    高傲的姿态
  • to eat humble pie
    忍辱含垢;含忍耻辱

英英释义

  • To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error. Humble pie, or umble pie, is also a term for a variety of pastries based on medieval meat pies.