单词	self-effacing
释义	self-effacingˌself-efˈfacing adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Her husband was a quiet, self-effacing man who spent much of his time in his study. In those days women were expected to be quiet, passive and self-effacing. Jack faced this minor crisis with typical self-effacing humor. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A shy, self-effacing man, Williams was self-taught, and showed an independent and determined intellectual curiosity. As a race the Brits may sometimes be too self-effacing for our own good. But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic - in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention. Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale. Physically attractive and possessed of considerable personal charm, his demeanour was self-effacing, gracious and polite. Purple sandpipers arc the most self-effacing of birds. She'd been almost too self-effacing, he thought. They were brilliant, self-effacing men. Thesaurus THESAURUS► modest not wanting to talk about your abilities or achievements and to say that you are good at something, even when you are – used to show approval: · Miller, a quiet, modest man, gave credit to Asher for the initial discovery.· She was surprisingly modest about her own achievements as a player. ► self-effacing written not wanting to talk about yourself or to attract attention: · Her husband was a quiet, self-effacing man who spent much of his time in his study. ► unassuming not wanting to be noticed and not expecting to be treated in a special way: · By now Chapman was famous, but he remained as unassuming as ever.· He then began, in typically unassuming fashion, to establish the first modern dance company. ► humble believing that you are not more important, better, or cleverer than other people, and therefore not expecting to be treated in a special way: · A good leader is humble enough to get advice from experts. ► unpretentious not trying to seem better than other people, even if you are rich, famous, clever etc: · President Eisenhower was a friendly and unpretentious man who seemed to embody American virtues.· It's his unpretentious boyish charm that ensures Jackie Chan's position as one of the giants of international cinema. ► self-deprecating written behaving or talking about your own abilities or achievements in a way that makes them seem unimportant: · Despite his intellect, he had an appealing self-deprecating humour.· The nice thing about him is his self-deprecating manner. His intellectual ability was never pushed at you, yet he obviously had great potential.· a self-deprecating smile Longman Language Activatora modest person► modest unwilling to talk about your abilities or achievements and to say that you are good at something, even when you are: · Luke was too modest to talk about his past achievements.· She was a shy, modest person, never one to push herself forward. ► self-effacing formal not wanting to talk about yourself or to attract attention: · Her husband was a quiet, self-effacing man who spent much of his time in his study.· In those days women were expected to be quiet, passive and self-effacing. ► unassuming not wanting to be noticed and not expecting to be treated in a special way, because you do not think you are important: · I often see her in the library. She's such a nice, unassuming person.· By now Chapman was famous, but on a social level he remained as unassuming as ever. ► humble thinking that you are unimportant and not as good or clever as other people, and therefore not expecting to be treated in a special way: · Their father was a genuinely humble man, who had worked hard for his family all his life.· Stephanie was humble enough to admit that others could probably do the job better than she could. ► unpretentious not trying to seem better than other people, even if you are rich, famous, clever etc: · Umbria is a wonderful region, where life is simple and the people are unpretentious country folk.· Jilly was surprised by how pleasant and unpretentious he was. Not like a big star at all. not wanting to attract attention to yourself or your achievements SYN  modest:  a quiet self-effacing man—self-effacement noun [uncountable]
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