| 词汇 | unassuming |
| 释义 | unassuming adjective approvinguk /ˌʌn.əˈsjuː.mɪŋ/ us /ˌʌn.əˈsuː.mɪŋ/ Someone who is unassuming is quiet and shows no wish for attention or admiration: （人）不爱出风头的，谦逊的 He was shy and unassuming and not at all how you expect an actor to be.他腼腆低调，一点儿也不像你想象中的演员的样子。 Synonyms bashful coy(MODEST) modest(QUIETLY SUCCESSFUL)approving reserved(PERSON) reticentformal retiring(SHY)formal self-effacing shy(NERVOUS) timid Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness humility inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy mousy reticence reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously shyly shyness wallflower withdrawn unassuming | American Dictionaryunassuming adjective us/ˌʌn·əˈsu·mɪŋ/ quiet and not attracting attention: a shy and unassuming person an unassuming little restaurant Examples of unassumingunassuming This is music that is unassuming and often undemonstrative, but that turns simple, elemental materials into drama that is absorbing and hard to forget. The container, thus, is simple and unassuming, although incredibly sophisticated in its detailing and craft. When grand systems become unattractive, local and contextual work, as detailed and unassuming as possible, is called for. Personally, he was most unassuming, amiable, and ever ready to help those needing his advice. This claim is generally borne out, with a bare minimum of mathematics included, which in most cases is explained in a clear and unassuming manner. They are unassuming folk, who go about their everyday living, without becoming known as ' professional ' mystics. They employed between 5 and 8 servants, and most of their households were sufficiently unassuming to escape the tax on male servants levied in 1777. But it is of an everyday character, unassuming and hidden from view, almost invariably stopping short of open confrontation. It tends to be lost in translation, in the unassuming modifiers 'simple' or 'simply', but it rings out in the original and needs a comparably emphatic equivalent. Faber's venture seems so deceptively unassuming that one is willing to go along with him with the expectation of some new discoveries. It was exactly the right length it was well-informed; humorous in places; and it was totally unassuming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My point was that he was unassuming on the back benches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are among the most generous, kindly and unassuming people one could know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Due to the fame of the man himself—one of the most unassuming men who ever lived—it obtained more publicity than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One could never meet him without realising how kind, how unassuming and how friendly he was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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