Despite his achievements, he remained remarkably self-effacing.
尽管取得了成就，他仍然非常谦逊。
In the following sentence, choose the word that is closest in meaning to “self-effacing”: Despite his many achievements, Marcus remained self-effacing, never seeking the spotlight for his contributions.
C — modest. “self-effacing” means adj. modest humble unassuming
Despite her great fame, the ______ scientist always credited her whole team.
C — self-effacing. “self-effacing” means adj. modest humble unassuming
self-effacing — adj. modest humble unassuming. In Chinese: 谦逊的，不爱出风头的.
self-effacing is pronounced /ˌsɛlf ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ/. It breaks into 4 syllables: self · ef · fac · ing.
Despite his achievements, he remained remarkably self-effacing. (尽管取得了成就，他仍然非常谦逊。)
modest, humble — all close in meaning to self-effacing (adj. modest humble unassuming).
Yes. self-effacing appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
self (oneself) + efface (erase, make inconspicuous) → humble, unassuming.