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
- 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。 - 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。 - People here are rather self-effacing.
这里的人都不怎么爱出风头。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。