倚门卖笑 attention of passers-by; show herself by leaning against the door, as a whore; standing by the door and
原声例句
还乡
Even to efface herself from the country means were required.
即便要把自己从这荒原中抹掉,金钱也是少不了的。
托尔斯泰传
She had loved Tolstoy's father, and was loved by him; but effaced herself, like Sonia in War and Peace.
她爱过托尔斯泰的父亲, 也被他爱过; 但抹杀了自己, 就像《战争与和平》中的索尼娅一样。
华盛顿广场
Catherine was with her aunt when the young man's name was brought in, and Mrs. Penniman, effacing herself and protesting, made a great point of her niece's going into the drawing-room alone.
Immediately and rather spunkily she had borne him a son and, as if completely devitalized by the magnificence of this performance, she had thenceforth effaced herself within the shadowy dimensions of the nursery.