self-effacing

But she hadn't been asking for a compliment, as I myself was whenever I said something self-effacing.

可是她从不寻求赞美，而我谦虚的时候，却是要听好话的。

If I was not a self-effacing Brit. I would mention the book myself, and I would add that it's available in paperback.

如果我不是一个谦逊的英国人的话，我会自己提到这本书，而且还会告诉大家它有平装版。

He exuded confidence and professionalism but was self-effacing and modest, always ready to make fun of himself.

尽管他展现出自信和专业精神，但是为人却谦逊而低调，时常自嘲。

The shoes and socks were a declaration of individual love in a country obsessed with the self-effacing collective.

这些鞋袜，在这个有着谦逊的集体主义风尚的国家是一种爱的表达。

When Bush nominated him again four years later, Gates defused his critics with self-effacing humor and humility and was confirmed easily.

当布什总统四年后再次提名他时，盖茨用不喜出风头的幽默和谦逊平息了对他的批评，并且轻易地获得任命。

He also is self-effacing and secure enough to acknowledge that if his name were Smith or Jones, no one in China would be interested.

同时，他也很有自知之明。他坦承：如果他的姓是史密斯或琼斯，或许没有一个中国人会对他感兴趣。

Not the primary colours of spring, brittle or delicate, the reds, yellows , and blues of audacious or self-effacing flowers.

这并不是春天所有的那种脆弱、纤柔的原色，那种大胆恣肆或谦逊谨慎的花所呈现的红、黄、蓝。

My interview will appear on Chelsea TV and Channel 5 TV in the UK on Thursday evening and he was honest polite and self-effacing to a fault.

我的采访将在周二晚上切尔西电视台和英国电视台第五套播出，你们会看到他的诚实礼貌，对每一处微小的错误都谦虚谨慎。

By contrast, those studying the proteome have been self effacing, which is why the news is not full of their antics.

与之相反，研究蛋白质组的科学家一直以来都不愿意抛头露面，这也是他们的工作没有被全面报道的原因。

Virgo of most are self- effacing , they are earnest and down to earth and shallow , but very easily act for oneself bring pressure.

处女座的人大部份都很谦虚，他们脚踏实地而不肤浅，但很容易为自已带来压力。

After his speech, by turns indignant, self-effacing, funny and sentimental, he takes off his suit jacket and takes questions from the floor.

演讲结束后，他脱掉上衣，开始接受听众的提问，情绪时而激愤、时而谦逊、时而幽默，时而感伤。

During the same period, John made a self-effacing guest appearance on the popular Morecambe and Wise show on the BBC.

在同一期间，美国提出了谦虚住客出现在流行莫克姆和明智显示在英国广播公司。

"There's a word that describes you, " a reporter told him last week. "Self-effacing. "

一个记者对米奇说：“米奇你知道吗？有一个词可以来形容你——低调的人。”

Childless and twice married, the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union often comes off as reserved and self-effacing.

没有子女又结婚了两次，这位基督教民主联盟主席，总是表现得矜持和低调。

They tend to underestimate their own skills and are more self-effacing when describing their contributions to group efforts.

他们往往低估自己的技能，而且在描述他们对集体工作的贡献时往往很谦卑。

Where Mr Denson has the suave assurance of the salesman, though, Mr Parker's style suggests a self-effacing but friendly physics professor.

不过，丹森有着销售人员那种温文尔雅的自信，而帕克则像是一个谦逊而友好的物理学教授。

I swallow redundant excuses, heart is like a snow next, self-effacing of pale.

我咽下多余的借口，心像下过一场雪，颓然的惨白。

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。

Demure, self- effacing and discreet, Sarah Brown has played the wife-in-the-background role to perfection.

莎拉.布朗内歛端庄、态度谦逊、谨慎低调，她完美扮演幕后夫人的角色。

He is gracious and self-effacing, complimenting their beauty while asking them to please excuse his poor spelling and punctuation.

他很亲切，也很自卑，在赞美她们的美貌时也希望她们原谅他低劣的拼写和标点。