self-effacement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. uncountable,usually
    — John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.

词形变化

self-effacements plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English effacement
English self-effacement
From self- + effacement.
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