self-effacing

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.
    — Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.

词形变化

more self-effacing comparative most self-effacing superlative

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 effacing
English self-effacing
From self- + effacing.
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