self-effacing

adj.

1. 谦逊的；不求闻达的
   not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your abilities
   1. He was a shy, self-effacing man.
      他是个腼腆谦逊的人。

1. ADJ-GRADED 自我谦避的;不求闻达的
   Someone who is self-effacing does not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves.
   1. 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。
   2. ...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

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. John is just without doubt one of the most self-effacing, beautiful human beings I have ever met and an amazing person of courage who demonstrates what you can do against, as Bobby Kennedy said, the enormous array of the worlds ills.
   约翰毫无疑问是我遇到过的最谦逊、心灵最美丽的人之一，他拥有惊人的勇气，向我们展示了如何可以通过自己的作为反抗被鲍比肯尼迪称之为的数不胜数的世界弊病。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. He also is self-effacing and secure enough to acknowledge that if his name were Smith or Jones, no one in China would be interested.
   同时，他也很有自知之明。他坦承：如果他的姓是史密斯或琼斯，或许没有一个中国人会对他感兴趣。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. He has shown a self-effacing charm.
    他表现出一种谦逊的魅力。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. Let yourself be encouraged. Don't be self-effacing or overly modest.
    不要过于谦让或羞怯。
20. People here are rather self-effacing.
    这里的人都不怎么爱出风头。
21. 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。
22. The great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing.
    这位伟人谦逊得让人感到尴尬。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. Point of View, Speech Representation, Narrator's Self-effacing, and Miss Brill's Disillusionment: An Analysis of Narrative Strategies in Miss Brill
    视角、引语形式、叙述者的隐退与布里尔小姐的幻灭&《布里尔小姐》的叙事策略分析

adj

1. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

   Synonym:    reticentretiring