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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing.
这位伟人谦逊得让人感到尴尬。 - 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。 - 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。