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
- The great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing.
这位伟人谦逊得让人感到尴尬。 - He has shown a self-effacing charm.
他表现出一种谦逊的魅力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A humble apology; essentially humble* and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions-B.K.Malinowski.
谦虚的道歉；本质谦和，他获得了最高礼节的荣誉和声望-B.K.马林诺维斯基。