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

• 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。
• 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。
• It seems we must compete. Let's be self-effacing. Don't make her too galling.
  看来不比是不行了，我们让着她点，别让她太难堪。
• His manner was often offensively supercilious, and then again modest and self-effacing, almost tremulous.
  他的态度常常起初是敌对地傲慢的，跟着又谦逊、自卑而几乎畏缩下来。
• This has given rise to speculation that the suggestion was merely intended to burnish the image of a man not known for self-effacing modesty.
  这一做法已引发人们猜测，纳扎尔巴耶夫的建议只是在帮助一个对不求闻达的的谦逊品性不知一二的小人塑造形象而已。
• People here are rather self-effacing.
  这里的人都不怎么爱出风头。
• In his elegant navy suit, and with his cheerfully self-effacing personality, Ian Taylor is the very model of a British executive.
  他穿着考究的海军蓝西装，性格开朗而又不失谦虚，是位典型的英国高管。
• He has shown a self-effacing charm.
  他表现出一种谦逊的魅力。
• 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。
• He also is self-effacing and secure enough to acknowledge that if his name were Smith or Jones, no one in China would be interested.
  同时，他也很有自知之明。他坦承：如果他的姓是史密斯或琼斯，或许没有一个中国人会对他感兴趣。