efface
verb (formal)- efface something
to make something disappear; to remove something 消除；抹去；擦掉 - efface yourself
to not attract attention to yourself; to make yourself seem unimportant 丢脸： 不引起自己的注意；使自己显得不重要In his art he effaces himself almost completely. 在他的艺术中，他几乎完全抹杀了自己。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘pardon or be absolved from (an offence)’): from French effacer, from e- (from Latin ex- ‘away from’) + face ‘face’.