deprecating /ˈdɛprɪˌkeɪtɪŋ/

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself. 不以为然的 [书面]

  例：

  Erica made a little deprecating shrug.

  埃里卡做了个有点儿不以为然的耸肩动作。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） deprecatingly [ADV after v]

  例：

  He speaks deprecatingly of his father as a lonely man.

  他不以为然地说到他父亲是一个孤独的人。