He was a shy, self-effacing man.

他是个腼腆谦逊的人。

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

作为女性我们往往不喜夸耀，对自己获得的成功轻描淡写。

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

她骨架很大, 稳稳当当, 从来不喜欢抛头露面.

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

他的态度常常起初是敌对地傲慢的, 跟着又谦逊、自卑而几乎畏缩下来.

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

他待人的态度一向不卑不亢.

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

欢欢:看来不比是不行了,我们让着她点,别让她太难堪.

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They were both self - effacing.

他们两人都十分谦逊.

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The great man was embarrassingly humble and self - effacing.

这个了不起的人物谦逊内敛,倒有些让人感到尴尬.

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She's brilliant but self - effacing.

她才华横溢而不露锋芒.

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

乔是个谦逊而不愿抛头露面的人,总是自动退居次要地位.

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

这位温文尔雅的营销学教授实在太过谦慎,因此不愿接受这个比喻,尽管他在金融经济学领域造诣很深.

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