MODESTto show that you are not too proud to ask for something, admit you are wrong etc 作出谦恭的姿态,不耻下问;勇于认错
I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.
我明白他是放下架子来向我求助的。
Examples from the Corpus
humble yourself• With Angel gone there was no need to humble herself and inquire if he had at last returned to work.• Not a lot of former 20-game winners would humble themselves that way.• Yet the school offered him nothing and lie had to humble himself to plead with me.