If you are shy or introverted (the term I like to use) then you may feel self-promotion is too much like bragging.

如果你很害羞或者是很内向(我常使用的词)，那么你就会觉得自我推销就像是炫耀。

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I was a very shy, introverted child. I didn't talk to people I didn't know well, and I couldn't get up on stage to do any kind of performance.

我以前很害羞很内向，不和不相熟的人说话，更不能到台上做任何表演。

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Being "shy" and "introverted" are two completely different things.

害羞和内向完全是两个不同的概念。

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"He was so shy and introverted, never looked people in the eye, " Liu says.

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But she doesn't believe that the shy, introverted young man should carry the sex offender label for the next 15 years.

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And he was basically a, kind of, shy, introverted guy, but he, you know, and there was a necessity to be out there, to be a performer and to be extroverted.

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