self-deprecating
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌselfˈdep.rə.keɪ.tɪŋ]
- 美式音标 [ˌselfˈdep.rə.keɪ.t̬ɪŋ]
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基本解释
- adj. 自貶的;謙虛的(等於self-deprecatory)
英汉例句
- Returning to the metaphor of interpersonal relations, humble, self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.
廻到人際關系的比喻中,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.
蔡美兒的朋友們對她的印象是,一個謙虛和智力平平的人,竝認爲她的孩子們很幸福,他們的家則是充滿了音樂和活動,還有,愛。 - 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.
如果你們繼續深究這封信,我是不會全部讀完,你們將會看到-,她非常善於自嘲。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選 - The famously private and self-deprecating billionaire will need lots of luck to make all of it pay off.
FORBES: "We're On A Collision Course" - The actress Maria Bello describes him as self-deprecating and sarcastic, but also deeply compassionate.
NEWYORKER: The Apostate
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英英字典
- 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.