壓在別人身上：不以為然
向下的力氣朝外，落在別人或別人的東西上。
adjective · C1
Showing that you think someone or something is not good enough. A deprecating look, tone or remark carries the criticism quietly, inside the way it is said, instead of stating it openly.
不以為然的；帶貶意的
核心畫面
You can picture deprecating as a small downward press. Nothing is shouted: the press lives in a look, a half-smile, a short laugh. Aim it at another person and it reads as quiet criticism — that thing of yours is not much. Aim it at yourself and it reads as 'never mind me', which takes the heat out of the moment. The gesture is the same size either way; what changes is who is underneath it.
deprecating 可以想成一個「往下壓一點」的小動作。沒有人大聲說話，力氣都藏在一個眼神、一個半笑、一聲短促的…更多收起
deprecating 可以想成一個「往下壓一點」的小動作。沒有人大聲說話，力氣都藏在一個眼神、一個半笑、一聲短促的笑裡。往別人身上壓，聽起來就是看不起你的東西。往自己身上壓，聽起來就是「我沒什麼啦」，對方的火氣也跟著降下來。動作一樣小，差別只在壓的是誰。Two branches
壓在自己身上：緩頰
同一個向下的力氣轉回自己身上，用來讓對方消氣。
adjective · C2
Used about a smile, gesture or remark that is meant to make someone feel less annoyed or less disapproving: you make little of yourself or of what you have done, so that the other person softens.
緩頰的；賠不是似的
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deprecatingadj
- 1
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
- She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
- He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。