他自谦地耸耸肩。

He gave a self-deprecating shrug.

也可以听到一些人自谦的用这个词形容自己。

You can also hear people saying it about themselves to show their modesty.

通过对典籍的梳理初步探讨了华人社会中自谦的内涵、实质和运作模式。

This article probed into the implication, essence and operating model of self-modesty in Chinese society.

在翻译上，萧乾曾自谦说：“像我这样完全凭一时兴趣偶一为之的，翻译工作者也不配”。

In terms of translation, he modestly stated that, "I even could not match the title of'Worker on Translation', because I only translated several works with temporary interest."