Abasement

(noun.) a low or downcast state; 'each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement'- H.L.Menchken.

凯茜录入

• But they were generally accompanied by a sense of compunction and self-abasement of which Newland Archer felt no trace. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But she was silent, pleased with the disparity, with her self-abasement. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It seems I had no dévouement, no récueillement in my character; no spirit of grace, faith, sacrificeor self-abasement. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• If anything was needed to put the last touch to her self-abasement it was the sense of the way her old life was opening its ruts again to receive her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She flamed with anger and abasement, and the sickening need of having to conciliate where she longed to humble. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Will reseated himself, feeling some pity which was half contempt for this voluntary self-abasement of an elderly man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

校对:琳达