| 单词 | self-effacingly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-eˈffacingly self-eˈffacingly adv. in a self-effacing manner; retiringly and modestly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > self-effacingly self-effacingly1892 1892 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 4 Aug. 251/4 They give their talents and efforts self-effacingly to promote the careers of their husbands, content to share at home the rewards won aboard. 1989 Times (Nexis) 21 July Not that they would listen to him, he added. He is self-effacingly modest. 2007 Daily Tel. 3 May 33/2 Self-effacingly, he maintains that he ‘wanted to champion British music from the standpoint of an established conductor’. < as lemmas |
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