deprecatingly
adverb uk/ˈdep.rə.keɪ.tɪŋ.li/ us/ˈdep.rə.keɪ.t̬ɪŋ.li/
贬低地;不以为然地
in a way that shows you think something is of little value or importance, or do not approve of it
The teacher frowned deprecatingly at my needlework. 老师对我的针线作品嗤之以鼻。
（尤指受赞扬时）不好意思地，难为情地，窘迫地
in an embarrassed way, especially when someone has praised you
When he deprecatingly called his paintings his "daubs", nobody contradicted him. 当他窘迫地称自己的画为“涂鸦”时，没有人反驳他。
He would say deprecatingly that he was ashamed of his profession. 他会难为情地说他为自己的职业感到羞耻。
- More examples
- "The nouvelle vague" in France was a rejection of what the new young cineastes deprecatingly called "le cinema de papa".
- It was as if his whole happiness was contained in the tiny teapot at which he was frowning deprecatingly.
- "Oh, it was nothing," she said deprecatingly.
See: deprecating