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单词 self-effacing
释义
self-effacing
adjective
uk
/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪ.sɪŋ/us
/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪ.sɪŋ/
not making yourselfnoticeable, or nottryingto get theattentionof otherpeople:
不爱出风头的；谦虚的
Thecaptainwastypicallyself-effacing whenquestionedabout the team's successes, givingcreditto the otherplayers.当问到该队的胜绩时，队长经常很谦虚，把功劳都归于其他队友。
Synonyms
bashful
coy(MODEST)
modest(QUIETLY SUCCESSFUL)approving
reserved(PERSON)
reticentformal
retiring(SHY)formal
shy(NERVOUS)
timid
unassumingapproving
Compare
reticentformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • withdrawn
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Related words

self-effacement
self-effacingly
(Definition ofself-effacingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-effacing

self-effacing
She is forceful, knowing, resistant,self-effacing, domestic, public, and self-ironizing at the same time.
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The ego crisis, therefore, is presented as a split rather than as an emaciated body tending towardsself-effacingwithdrawal into collectivity.
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The ideal towards which all of these developments strive is that of a totallyself-effacingmedium, one that is 'trans-sonorant' and free of noise.
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Moreover, she is even a bitself-effacingat the end of the exchange, thus countering the compliment.
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In reaching their conclusions the editors have beenself-effacing.
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Their playing showed an uncanny responsiveness and unity of ensemble, and a brilliant butself-effacing virtuosity in the service of profound musicality.
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Concepts of virtues are highlighted, including the need to beself-effacingand respectful of persons, while also demonstrating compassion and integrity.
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There is also the occasionalself-effacingexploration by a male academic2 of the arena female practitioners find themselves in.
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This quote is revealing of the tone of the book -self-effacingto a fault.
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Somehow this seems appropriate for such aself-effacingman.
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There have been no big media splashes, no major festivals of his music - in any case, these would be quite out of keeping with itsself-effacingnature.
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True, there are bound to be some extremelyself-effacingcitizens or some whose confidence in state authority is so great as to quash any resentment at paternalistic interference.
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Previously almost the mostself-effacingquango in the land, it now takes centre stage as it has to handle such important questions.
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He has carried out his many responsibilities here with dignity,self-effacingcourtesy and unfailing kindness.
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Though his manner is modest andself-effacing, he seldom left one in any doubt about the proper course to follow.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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