He was a shy, self-effacing man.

他是個靦腆謙遜的人。

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As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved.

作為女性我們往往不喜夸耀，對自己獲得的成功輕描淡寫。

柯林斯例句

She was a quiet woman, bigboned, and self - effacing.

她骨架很大, 穩(wěn)穩(wěn)當當, 從來不喜歡拋頭露面.

辭典例句

His manner was often offensively supercilious, and then again modest and self - effacing, almost tremulous.

他的態(tài)度常常起初是敵對地傲慢的, 跟著又謙遜、自卑而幾乎畏縮下來.

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His manner with people is neither overbearing nor self - effacing.

他待人的態(tài)度一向不卑不亢.

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It'seems we must compete . Let's be self - effacing . Don't make her too galling.

歡歡:看來不比是不行了,我們讓著她點,別讓她太難堪.

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Pure white was obtained by entirely effacing burnishing the plate.

光白部份則把芒刺激完全磨去.

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They were both self - effacing.

他們兩人都十分謙遜.

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The great man was embarrassingly humble and self - effacing.

這個了不起的人物謙遜內斂,倒有些讓人感到尷尬.

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She's brilliant but self - effacing.

她才華橫溢而不露鋒芒.

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Joe is a humble and self - effacing person and so automatically takes second place.

喬是個謙遜而不愿拋頭露面的人,總是自動退居次要地位.

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The mild - mannered marketing professor is far too self - effacing - and well - versed in financial economics - to accept the comparison.

這位溫文爾雅的營銷學教授實在太過謙慎,因此不愿接受這個比喻,盡管他在金融經濟學領域造詣很深.

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