self-effacement
noun[U]
uk/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪs.mənt/us/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪs.mənt/thequalityof not making yourselfnoticeable, or nottryingto get theattentionof otherpeople:
不爱出风头;谦虚;低调He has never been one formodestyor self-effacement.他从来就不是一个谦虚低调的人。
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self-effacing
- Quintonrepliedwithtypicalself-effacement and histrademarksenseofhumor.
- His self-effacementpartlyexplainswhy hiscareerhas oftenseemedtoexistin theshadows.
- Shyness,diffidenceor self-effacement, shenotes, havelongbeenprizednationaltraits.
- Anationthatpridesitself onpoliteself-effacement hassuddenlyproducedthe newstarof women'sathletics.
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- humility
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- mousy
- reticent
- retiring
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- wallflower
- withdrawn