self-effacing
英 [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ]
美 [ˌself ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ]
adj. 谦逊的; 不求闻达的
牛津词典
adj.
- 谦逊的；不求闻达的
not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your abilities- He was a shy, self-effacing man.
他是个腼腆谦逊的人。
- He was a shy, self-effacing man.
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.- 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。 - ...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
- As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Chua tried to paint a self-effacing portrait and use humour to poke fun at her shortcomings.
蔡美儿试图描绘一副低调的画像，并利用幽默取笑自己的短处。 - He has shown a self-effacing charm.
他表现出一种谦逊的魅力。 - Let yourself be encouraged. Don't be self-effacing or overly modest.
不要过于谦让或羞怯。 - 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。