poor-mouth['puə,mauθ; -məuð]

• vi.
  • [口语]以贫穷作为借口；喊穷叫苦，哭穷：

    She usually poor-mouths when it's her turn to contribute.

    轮到她捐钱时，她老是哭穷。

• vt.
  • 贬低，把…说成很糟糕；讲…的坏话；(谈及本人时)谦卑地说：

    He likes to poor-mouth his candidate's chances so that the candidate will appear to have pulled an astonishingly strong victory.

    他喜欢贬低他的候选人获胜的机会，以便当这个候选人将来获胜时一鸣惊人。

• 变形:

  vi.poor-mouthed.poor-mouthing