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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He spoke eloquently with the self-effacing humour that has endeared him to the American press.
  他的言谈雄辩有力，谦逊幽默，这使他很受美国新闻界的欢迎。
• John is just without doubt one of the most self-effacing, beautiful human beings I have ever met and an amazing person of courage who demonstrates what you can do against, as Bobby Kennedy said, the enormous array of the worlds ills.
  约翰毫无疑问是我遇到过的最谦逊、心灵最美丽的人之一，他拥有惊人的勇气，向我们展示了如何可以通过自己的作为反抗被鲍比肯尼迪称之为的数不胜数的世界弊病。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My teacher is a very quiet modest self-effacing person.
  我的老师是一个很沉默谦虚不爱出锋头的人。
• 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。