eat humble pie

基本解释

• 忍辱含垢；低头谢罪

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• To eat humble pie is not a pleasant experience.
  忍气吞声并不是一种愉快的经验。
• When he realized his mistake, he had to eat humble pie.
  他认识到了自己的错误，只好赔礼道歉。
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• It is not a pleasant experience to have to eat humble pie to those whom you know to be your inferiors.
  不得不在那些明知不如你的人面前低声下气，这是一种不愉快的体验。
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原声例句

• In other words, you might have to eat humble pie.

权威例句

• Instead, it tabled its own (almost identical) one, challenging Mr Prodi to eat humble pie by voting for it—days before the first Italian soldiers were due to go.
  ECONOMIST: Italy on tenterhooks
• It may be asking too much to expect the policy experts to eat a little humble pie.
  FORBES: To See the Health Costs in Front of One's Nose Is a Constant Struggle

词组短语

短语

• eat the humble pie 赔礼道歉
• eat some humble pie 习语
• eat t humble pie 忍气吞声
• to eat humble pie 忍辱含垢;含忍耻辱

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to admit that you were wrong