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。 - 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。 - A self-effacing man with a knack for using humour to draw others into his way of thinking, Moggridge influenced a generation of designers working at the juncture of software and hardware to tame technologies that too often left users feeling frustrated.
莫格里奇为人低调不露锋芒，善用幽默将他人引入自己的思维方式，影响了一代设计师，他们工作于软硬件交汇点，驯服时常让用户抓狂的技术。 - He has shown a self-effacing charm.
他表现出一种谦逊的魅力。 - 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。 - 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。 - As the top American statesman under President Bill Clinton, Christopher was a behind-the-scenes negotiator. Often called the stealth secretary of state, Christopher was known for his understated, self-effacing manner.
作为比尔克林顿政府的美国首屈一指的政治家，克里斯托弗是位幕后的谈判家，经常被叫做秘密国务卿，以保守、不爱出风头著称。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。