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词汇 self-deprecatory
释义 self-deprecatory
adjective
 formaluk /ˌselfˈdep.rə.kə.tər.i/ us /ˌselfˈdep.rə.kə.tɔːr.i/
trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important : 自我贬低的;自贬的
With a mixture of clever timing and self-deprecatory humour, he charms even his most grudging critics.
Ask her for her own favourite career memories and the first is typically self-deprecatory.问她最喜欢的职业回忆,她的第一个回答通常是自嘲。
Synonym
self-deprecating
He's self-deprecatory, acerbic, and sharp, and he wreaks revenge on all those people who bullied him when he was young.
"Well I'm not exactly a super-model, am I?" she says, with a self-deprecatory smile.
This response is typical of the man: witty and self-deprecatory, but evasive and potentially misleading.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shy and modest
aw shucks
backward
bashful
bashfully
bashfulness
humility
inadequacy
inadequate
indoorsiness
indoorsy
mousy
reticence
reticently
retiring
self-conscious
self-consciously
shyness
unassuming
wallflower
withdrawn
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