| 单词 | self-effacingness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-eˈffacingness self-eˈffacingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > self-effacement self-effacement1853 self-effacingness1906 self-naughting1911 1906 Sat. Rev. 3 Feb. 131/2 The timid self-effacingness of the clergy, has brought it about that the hopes of dogmatic Christianity are centred on Birmingham and Liverpool. 1951 S. Spender World within World 167 Forster's strange mixture of qualities—his self-effacingness combined with a positive assertion of his views. 2006 Independent (Nexis) 21 Dec. 40 The flip-side of the self-effacingness which could at time [sic] render him almost invisible was an acute sensitivity to the feelings of others. < as lemmas |
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