self-deprecating

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Returning to the metaphor of interpersonal relations, humble, self-deprecating people generally have little trouble finding friends.
回到人际关系的比喻中，谦虚的，自贬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.
蔡美儿的朋友们对她的印象是，一个谦虚和智力平平的人，并认为她的孩子们很幸福，他们的家则是充满了音乐和活动，还有，爱。
But her self-deprecating joke from our first session was repeated in our second session, and then again, verbatim, in our third.
但是她那个自嘲的笑话自第一次提起到第三次的重复，每次都逐字复述，毫无意外之喜。

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.
如果你们继续深究这封信,我是不会全部读完，你们将会看到-,她非常善于自嘲。
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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.
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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.