They were both self - effacing.

他们两人都十分谦逊.

She ' s brilliant but self - effacing.

她才华横溢而不露锋芒.

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

他待人的态度一向不卑不亢.

For those who don't know, self-effacing is basically being timid or shy.

扫个盲，谦虚主要指胆小或害羞。

One study even found that self-effacing humor was very effective in persuasion.

一项研究甚至发现谦逊的幽默在说服别人方面非常有效。

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。

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.

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.

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。

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。