Definition of self-effacing in English:

self-effacing

adjective ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsɪŋˈˌsɛlf əˈfeɪsɪŋ

Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest.
自我谦逊的；谦虚的
his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious, and polite
他的行为举止显得谦虚、优雅和有礼貌。
Example sentencesExamples
- She is too modest and too self-effacing to tell the whole story, but she will, I hope, some day.
- A meek, self-effacing figure, he grows more haggard and needy as his hopes of business success and personal harmony crumble.
- He is modest and self-effacing - not someone seeking his fifteen minutes of fame.
- I don't tell you all this just to be humble or self-effacing.
- Perhaps we need a trade union of the self-effacing, an Oscar for tentativeness and diffidence.
- He remains modest and self-effacing, thank goodness, but now we know there is a core of steel within the good-natured exterior.
- You know, neither my wife nor I are into self-deprecation or make any lame attempts to be self-effacing.
- Modest, well-mannered and self-effacing, he is someone everybody likes because he works hard at earning their trust and affection.
- He seems a genuinely good person, humble and self-effacing, and he's a talented actor and filmmaker.
- Both have demonstrated an appealing shyness, a self-effacing modesty, and a stated preference for getting on with the work.
- God's glory and beauty are revealed in poor, humble, hurting and self-effacing lives of faith and compassion.
- He was a humble, self-effacing man, not given to self-aggrandisement of any sort.
- Diffident, brusque and self-effacing to the point of invisibility, he was not the first person you would choose if you wanted to mount a charm offensive.
- He's a very able person, but at the same time incredibly modest and self-effacing.
- This last comment is typical of the band's self-effacing and humble attitude to everything that's happened to them.
- While the film's form is remarkably self-effacing, its content and visual style resemble the best of Hollywood westerns.
- He was a slight, gentle, self-effacing man, very bright, a little absent-minded, with a lovely sense of humour.
- He's modest about his achievements, self-effacing about his music and finds an old-fashioned dignity in hard work.
- He is so modest and self-effacing which also makes him popular with his peers.
- Here as in the first movement, the players' modesty is almost self-effacing.
Synonyms
easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened, scared, faint-hearted

Derivatives

self-effacement

noun ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsm(ə)ntˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsmənt

mass noun

The quality of not claiming attention for oneself.
they were paragons of humility and self-effacement
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead, such work requires and encourages proportion rather than exaggeration, information rather than provocation, accuracy rather than speculation, self-effacement rather than self-promotion.
- Such self-effacement testifies to our diarist's ethical fortitude, but that German women should have endured such pain on behalf of German men should satisfy no one's sense of justice.
- Yet, we can't really break the pattern of automatically deferring to experts and other people unless we become aware of the moment of self-effacement and actively replace the automatic response.

self-effacingly

adverb

He's also willing to wax self-effacingly in interview, particularly when asked about his songwriting process.
Example sentencesExamples
- He spoke sincerely, directly, self-effacingly about the nation's problems and infected the country with his constant optimism.

Rhymes

bracing, casing, facing, lacing, placing, spacing, tracing

Definition of self-effacing in US English:

self-effacing

adjectiveˈˌsɛlf əˈfeɪsɪŋˈˌself əˈfāsiNG

Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest.
自我谦逊的；谦虚的
his demeanor was self-effacing, gracious, and polite
他的行为举止显得谦虚、优雅和有礼貌。
Example sentencesExamples
- Both have demonstrated an appealing shyness, a self-effacing modesty, and a stated preference for getting on with the work.
- A meek, self-effacing figure, he grows more haggard and needy as his hopes of business success and personal harmony crumble.
- He was a slight, gentle, self-effacing man, very bright, a little absent-minded, with a lovely sense of humour.
- She is too modest and too self-effacing to tell the whole story, but she will, I hope, some day.
- Modest, well-mannered and self-effacing, he is someone everybody likes because he works hard at earning their trust and affection.
- Here as in the first movement, the players' modesty is almost self-effacing.
- He is so modest and self-effacing which also makes him popular with his peers.
- He's modest about his achievements, self-effacing about his music and finds an old-fashioned dignity in hard work.
- Diffident, brusque and self-effacing to the point of invisibility, he was not the first person you would choose if you wanted to mount a charm offensive.
- You know, neither my wife nor I are into self-deprecation or make any lame attempts to be self-effacing.
- This last comment is typical of the band's self-effacing and humble attitude to everything that's happened to them.
- God's glory and beauty are revealed in poor, humble, hurting and self-effacing lives of faith and compassion.
- Perhaps we need a trade union of the self-effacing, an Oscar for tentativeness and diffidence.
- He remains modest and self-effacing, thank goodness, but now we know there is a core of steel within the good-natured exterior.
- While the film's form is remarkably self-effacing, its content and visual style resemble the best of Hollywood westerns.
- He is modest and self-effacing - not someone seeking his fifteen minutes of fame.
- He's a very able person, but at the same time incredibly modest and self-effacing.
- I don't tell you all this just to be humble or self-effacing.
- He was a humble, self-effacing man, not given to self-aggrandisement of any sort.
- He seems a genuinely good person, humble and self-effacing, and he's a talented actor and filmmaker.
Synonyms
easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened, scared, faint-hearted

单词	self-effacing
释义	Definition of self-effacing in English: self-effacing adjective ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsɪŋˈˌsɛlf əˈfeɪsɪŋ Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest. 自我谦逊的；谦虚的 his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious, and polite 他的行为举止显得谦虚、优雅和有礼貌。 Example sentencesExamples She is too modest and too self-effacing to tell the whole story, but she will, I hope, some day. A meek, self-effacing figure, he grows more haggard and needy as his hopes of business success and personal harmony crumble. He is modest and self-effacing - not someone seeking his fifteen minutes of fame. I don't tell you all this just to be humble or self-effacing. Perhaps we need a trade union of the self-effacing, an Oscar for tentativeness and diffidence. He remains modest and self-effacing, thank goodness, but now we know there is a core of steel within the good-natured exterior. You know, neither my wife nor I are into self-deprecation or make any lame attempts to be self-effacing. Modest, well-mannered and self-effacing, he is someone everybody likes because he works hard at earning their trust and affection. He seems a genuinely good person, humble and self-effacing, and he's a talented actor and filmmaker. Both have demonstrated an appealing shyness, a self-effacing modesty, and a stated preference for getting on with the work. God's glory and beauty are revealed in poor, humble, hurting and self-effacing lives of faith and compassion. He was a humble, self-effacing man, not given to self-aggrandisement of any sort. Diffident, brusque and self-effacing to the point of invisibility, he was not the first person you would choose if you wanted to mount a charm offensive. He's a very able person, but at the same time incredibly modest and self-effacing. This last comment is typical of the band's self-effacing and humble attitude to everything that's happened to them. While the film's form is remarkably self-effacing, its content and visual style resemble the best of Hollywood westerns. He was a slight, gentle, self-effacing man, very bright, a little absent-minded, with a lovely sense of humour. He's modest about his achievements, self-effacing about his music and finds an old-fashioned dignity in hard work. He is so modest and self-effacing which also makes him popular with his peers. Here as in the first movement, the players' modesty is almost self-effacing. Synonyms easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened, scared, faint-hearted Derivatives self-effacement noun ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsm(ə)ntˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsmənt mass noun The quality of not claiming attention for oneself. they were paragons of humility and self-effacement Example sentencesExamples Instead, such work requires and encourages proportion rather than exaggeration, information rather than provocation, accuracy rather than speculation, self-effacement rather than self-promotion. Such self-effacement testifies to our diarist's ethical fortitude, but that German women should have endured such pain on behalf of German men should satisfy no one's sense of justice. Yet, we can't really break the pattern of automatically deferring to experts and other people unless we become aware of the moment of self-effacement and actively replace the automatic response. self-effacingly adverb He's also willing to wax self-effacingly in interview, particularly when asked about his songwriting process. Example sentencesExamples He spoke sincerely, directly, self-effacingly about the nation's problems and infected the country with his constant optimism. Rhymes bracing, casing, facing, lacing, placing, spacing, tracing Definition of self-effacing in US English: self-effacing adjectiveˈˌsɛlf əˈfeɪsɪŋˈˌself əˈfāsiNG Not claiming attention for oneself; retiring and modest. 自我谦逊的；谦虚的 his demeanor was self-effacing, gracious, and polite 他的行为举止显得谦虚、优雅和有礼貌。 Example sentencesExamples Both have demonstrated an appealing shyness, a self-effacing modesty, and a stated preference for getting on with the work. A meek, self-effacing figure, he grows more haggard and needy as his hopes of business success and personal harmony crumble. He was a slight, gentle, self-effacing man, very bright, a little absent-minded, with a lovely sense of humour. She is too modest and too self-effacing to tell the whole story, but she will, I hope, some day. Modest, well-mannered and self-effacing, he is someone everybody likes because he works hard at earning their trust and affection. Here as in the first movement, the players' modesty is almost self-effacing. He is so modest and self-effacing which also makes him popular with his peers. He's modest about his achievements, self-effacing about his music and finds an old-fashioned dignity in hard work. Diffident, brusque and self-effacing to the point of invisibility, he was not the first person you would choose if you wanted to mount a charm offensive. You know, neither my wife nor I are into self-deprecation or make any lame attempts to be self-effacing. This last comment is typical of the band's self-effacing and humble attitude to everything that's happened to them. God's glory and beauty are revealed in poor, humble, hurting and self-effacing lives of faith and compassion. Perhaps we need a trade union of the self-effacing, an Oscar for tentativeness and diffidence. He remains modest and self-effacing, thank goodness, but now we know there is a core of steel within the good-natured exterior. While the film's form is remarkably self-effacing, its content and visual style resemble the best of Hollywood westerns. He is modest and self-effacing - not someone seeking his fifteen minutes of fame. He's a very able person, but at the same time incredibly modest and self-effacing. I don't tell you all this just to be humble or self-effacing. He was a humble, self-effacing man, not given to self-aggrandisement of any sort. He seems a genuinely good person, humble and self-effacing, and he's a talented actor and filmmaker. Synonyms easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened, scared, faint-hearted
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