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meek

adjective
🔊/miːk/
🔊/miːk/
(comparative meeker, superlative meekest)
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  1. quiet, gentle, and always ready to do what other people want without expressing your own opinion温顺的；谦恭的；驯服的 synonym compliant, self-effacing
    • They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild.他们称她为 “鼠小姐”，因为她总是那么懦弱温和。🔊🔊
    • They hung their heads in meek submission.他们温顺地低着头。
  2. the meek
     noun [plural] people who are meek温顺的人；谦恭的人
    • Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.温柔的人有福了，因为他们必承受土地。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English me(o)c (also in the sense ‘courteous or indulgent’), from Old Norse mjúkr ‘soft, gentle’.