self-effacing

英 [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ]

美 [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ]

adj.  谦逊的; 不求闻达的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 谦逊的；不求闻达的
  not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your abilities
  1. He was a shy, self-effacing man.
     他是个腼腆谦逊的人。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自我谦避的;不求闻达的
  Someone who isself-effacingdoes not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves.
  1. As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.
     作为女性我们往往不喜夸耀，对自己获得的成功轻描淡写。
  2. ...the slightly self-effacing manner adopted by many diplomats.
     许多外交官所持的那种稍稍自我谦避的态度

英英释义

adj

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  Synonym:reticentretiring

双语例句

• He is still, by the standards of his industry, self-effacing and unassuming, partly because that is his nature and partly because of his paranoia.
  以其所在行业的标准衡量，他现在仍可谓自谦而不傲慢，这部分是因为他的本性如此，部分是来自于他的偏执。
• So the level five is someone, we don't want to sort of get caught up on the fact, that they are necessarily, self-effacing, necessarily shy, that they necessarily have a charisma by-pass.
  所以第五级领导者是这样一种人，我们不能只专注于他们的外在层面，比如他们是否谦逊、是否害羞、或是魅力四射。
• But Barack Obama's self-effacing approach to summitry one that was on Thursday remarked upon by several non-US officials certainly did no harm.
  但巴拉克奥巴马（BarackObama）在峰会上的低调作风周四有数位非美国官员提到了这一点肯定没有什么坏处。
• Let yourself be encouraged. Don't be self-effacing or overly modest.
  不要过于谦让或羞怯。
• With these thoughts in mind, my son crafted a simple, yet telling essay describing an earnest young man who, if anything, was a bit self-effacing.
  以这些想法为基础，我儿子起草了一篇朴实而生动的文章，描写了一个真挚热忱且有些自我谦逊的年轻人。
• As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.
  作为女性我们往往不喜夸耀，对自己获得的成功轻描淡写。
• Through the breeze on blowing, along with the pollen self-effacing drop into.
  经风一吹，和着花粉颓然跌落。
• People here are rather self-effacing.
  这里的人都不怎么爱出风头。
• Joe is a humble and self-effacing person and so automatically takes second place.
  乔是个谦逊而不愿抛头露面的人，总是自动退居次要地位。
• Demure, self-effacing and discreet, Sarah Brown has played the wife-in-the-background role to perfection.
  莎拉.朗内歛端庄、度谦逊、慎低调，她完美扮演幕后夫人的角色。