effacing
v. 擦掉( efface的现在分词 ); 抹去; 超越; 使黯然失色
To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more.
...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image...
帮助该国改变了以往形象改观的事件
The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus.
那艘船的名字已经从选择菜单中删除了。
He was a shy, self-effacing man.
他是个腼腆谦逊的人。
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。
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.
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.
His manner with people is neither overbearing nor self - effacing.
他待人的态度一向不卑不亢.