self-deprecating

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Returning to the metaphor of interpersonal relations, humble, self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.
回到人際關(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，并認(rèn)為她的孩子們很幸福，他們的家則是充滿(mǎn)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(huà)自第一次提起到第三次的重復(fù)，每次都逐字復(fù)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-,她非常善于自嘲。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 1945年后的美國(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.