CANADIANS used to think of themselves as being quiet, modest and unassertive.

加拿大人自认为安静、谦虚、不张扬。

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Mr Lee is one of the very few modest, unassertive personalities in the company.

李先生是这个公司中极少数谦逊而不盛气凌人的人之一。

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Temperament is in the eye of the voter. Is one response evidence of composure and self-possession — or of being too laid-back and unassertive?

气质差异落在了选民眼中：这个人的反应是沉着自持还是迟缓动摇?

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Until the attack on May 21st, it was generally thought that the portly, balding, 66-year-old Mr Hadi, a former military man from the south who has often been portrayed as shy and unassertive, had been doing rather well.

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On his return to Sheremetyevo, to reach his departure gate the visitor must negotiate a bewildering series of queues, starting with one to get into the building: if he is unassertive, he will still be standing in one of them when his plane takes off.

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