摇尾乞怜指狗向主人摇尾讨好的样子。比喻人卑躬屈膝讨好别人的丑态。语出唐韩愈《应科目时与人书》：“若俯首帖耳，摇尾而乞怜者，非我之志也。”英abjectly beg for pity(mercy); wag the tail ingratiatingly;[查看详情]

望洋兴叹本义指在伟大的事物面前感叹自己的微小今多比喻想做一件事而又无能为力无可奈何。英lament one's littleness before the vast ocean -bemoan one's inadequacy in the face of a great task;[查看详情]

三顾茅庐东汉末刘备三次往隆中(山名在今湖北襄阳)聘请隐居于草庐的诸葛亮出来帮助打天下。后用来指诚心诚意再三邀请或访问。英repeatedly request somebody to take up a responsible post; call on a famous scholar repeadedly to solicit his help; make three calls at a[查看详情]

自暴自弃自暴，犹言自害；自弃，不求上进。指不求上进甘心落后。英be backward and have no urge to make progress; abandon oneself to despair; give oneself up as hopeless;[查看详情]

自愧不如惭愧自己不如别人。英consider oneself inferior to another; feel ashamed of one's inferiority;[查看详情]

自轻自贱自己贬低自己；自甘堕落。英belittle oneself; lack self-confidence or self-respect;[查看详情]

妄自菲薄不知自重轻视自身价值。例天地生才有限不宜妄自菲薄。——《老残游记》英undervalue yourself; improperly belittle oneself; unduly humble oneself;[查看详情]

自惭形秽因在相貌方面不如他人而感到惭愧泛指惭愧。英have a sense of inferiority or inadequacy; feel unworthy;[查看详情]

自知之明能正确认识自己、了解自己的长处和短处。例他真是个毫无自知之明的、狂妄的人。人贵有自知之明。英self-knowledge; wisdom to know oneself;[查看详情]

不矜不伐矜、伐：自夸自大。不自经为了不起不为自己吹嘘。形容谦逊。[查看详情]

顾影自怜顾盼自己的身影独自可怜叹惜。形容身世悲凉、失意。例举头见明月顾影徒自怜。——《元文类安熙拟古》英self-affected; look at one's image in the mirror and lament one's lot;[查看详情]