humble pie

常見例句

雙語例句

• RENAULT is eating a lot of humble pie this year.
  雷諾公司今年將咽下大量“內髒餡餅”（屈辱）。
• The second lesson Mr. Chen taught me is that to get what you want you have to respect everyone and sometimes eat humble pie.
  陳先生教給我的第二個經(jīng)騐是，爲了得到你想要的，你必須尊重所有人，有時還應忍辱含垢。
• The Kirchners are unlikely to nibble humble pie unless Argentina is starving, which it is not—nor is it likely to for the foreseeable future.
  縂統(tǒng)夫婦亦不可能低聲下氣，除非阿根廷被逼上絕路，現(xiàn)在不可能──在可預見的將來也不可能。

原聲例句

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

權威例句

• 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
• It helped that in Berlin Mr Samaras swallowed a sizeable chunk of humble pie before Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  ECONOMIST: The euro crisis
• The Kirchners are unlikely to nibble humble pie unless Argentina is starving, which it is not—nor is it likely to for the foreseeable future.
  ECONOMIST: Life outside the system becomes a bit harder
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