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单词 self-effacing
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self-effacing

adjective
Someone who is self-effacing does 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.
...the slightly self-effacing manner adopted by many diplomats.

self-effacing in British English

adjective
tending to make oneself, one's actions, etc, inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest
Derived forms
self-effacingly (ˌself-efˈfacingly)
adverb

Examples of 'self-effacing' in a sentence
self-effacing

In fact he was very quiet and self-effacing.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
He was a quiet and self-effacing person who took joy in the success of others.
Christianity Today (2000)
He may no longer rely on his haircuts to do the talking but he is still shy and self-effacing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That was a typically self-effacing smokescreen.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He is quiet, self-effacing and wry.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
 Shy and self-effacing, he was not a natural celebrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was typically self-effacing, showing us his party trick of being loud and brash and modest at the same time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you ask him about it, he instinctively strokes his chin and laughs in a typically self-effacing and slightly embarrassed way.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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