英语释义

• conscious of your own shortcomings

片语

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特

odest谦虚的

英汉例句

• gaidar, a diminutive and tubby figure with a mordant and self-deprecating sense of humour, emerged as the dominant thinker and natural leader of his group.

  盖达尔身形矮胖，带有一种讽刺和自嘲式的幽默感，是他所在派别居于主导地位的思想家和天生的领袖。

• self-deprecating humor is best, but that can also be taken too far.

  自谦的幽默是最好的，但也有可能走得太远。

• 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。

• the crisp and admirably self-deprecating vignettes of his own life, both emotional and professional, give his parents’ story a fitting perspective.

  作为小插曲，书中也描写了作者自己的生活，用了令人愉快的自嘲式笔调；书中还有对他父母这段故事的恰当透析，充满感情却又非常地道。

• because he is so honest, he does not shy away from writing about any of these controversies, often with lacerating self criticism and always with self-deprecating charm.

  他太诚实，所以写作时并不回避这些有争议的事情，常常无情地自我批判，并且总带有自嘲的魅力。

• 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。

• these are not the first firms to use self-deprecating marketing.

  这种自贬式营销手段并非前无古人。

• self-deprecating jokes are one thing. continually apologizing for boring the audience is another.

  开玩笑自嘲是一回事，不停的自谦则是另一回事了。

• as a result of that, he「s found himself feeling resentful for not getting what he」s needed (he told me with a self-deprecating laugh).

  结果，他发现自己因为没有得到所需之物而心怀愤恨（告诉我这点时，他带着一抹自我抨击的笑）。

• 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。

• he「s also a likable guy in private conversation: very smart but alert to what you」re saying and self-deprecating to a fault.

  在私下谈话中，他也十分招人喜爱：非常聪明，但十分留神对方的谈话； 犯了错误也乐于自我批评。

• in itself, geithner's joke was not extraordinary for washington, where self-deprecating fare is the norm.

  就字面而言，盖特纳的笑话对华盛顿来说稀松平常，自我贬低是这里的家常便饭。