be self-effacing

It seems we must compete. Let's be self-effacing. Don't make her too galling.

看来不比是不行了，我们让着她点，别让她太难堪。

Paying children too much attention when they misbehave can be self-defeating.

孩子有不良行为时，小题大做可能适得其反。

to wallow in despair/self-pity (= to think about your unhappy feelings all the time and seem to be enjoying them)

陷入绝望；顾影自怜

It'seems we must compete . Let's be self-effacing . Don't make her too galling.

欢欢:看来不比是不行了,我们让着她点,别让她太难堪.

Only with a few people could she be her real self (= show what she was really like rather than what she pretended to be) .

只有和几个人在一起时，她才能表现出真实的自我。

Each chapter is self-contained and can be studied in isolation.

每一章均自成一篇，可单独学习。

You'll soon be feeling your old self again (= feeling well or happy again) .

你很快就会恢复原样的。

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。