self-effacing

短语

a. 不出风头的, 不喜出风头的, 谦让的

词形变化

more self-effacing 比较级 most self-effacing 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.

    Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

retiring reticent

近义相关 1

unassertive

词源

From self- + effacing.

来源：wiktionary