self-deprecating

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Returning to the metaphor of interpersonal relations, humble, self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.
廻到人際關(guān)系的比喻中，謙虛的，自貶的人一般是很容易找到朋友的。
Friends describe Ms. Chua as self-deprecating and a dry wit, her children as happy, and their home as humming with music and activity and, yes, love.
蔡美兒的朋友們對(duì)她的印象是，一個(gè)謙虛和智力平平的人，竝認(rèn)爲(wèi)她的孩子們很幸福，他們的家則是充滿了音樂(lè)和活動(dòng)，還有，愛(ài)。
But her self-deprecating joke from our first session was repeated in our second session, and then again, verbatim, in our third.
但是她那個(gè)自嘲的笑話自第一次提起到第三次的重複，每次都逐字複述，毫無(wú)意外之喜。

The president began his remarks by acknowleging the storm of controversy his visit caused with a dose of self-deprecating humor.
and if you read more in this letter I won't go through the whole thing, you will see that-- she's very self-deprecating.
如果你們繼續(xù)深究這封信,我是不會(huì)全部讀完，你們將會(huì)看到-,她非常善於自嘲。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年後的美國(guó)小說(shuō)課程節(jié)選

The famously private and self-deprecating billionaire will need lots of luck to make all of it pay off.
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The actress Maria Bello describes him as self-deprecating and sarcastic, but also deeply compassionate.
NEWYORKER: The Apostate

trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important

If you describe someone's behaviour as self-deprecating, you mean that they criticize themselves or represent themselves as foolish in a light-hearted way.