This often requires humorous deflecting.
这里的deflecting做何解释?
查了字典,但是没有对照出恰当的意思~请大家帮忙,谢谢!

那就是这个意思了,"这需要进行幽默的曲解",因为他一直需要穿得比较正式,所以在看见老朋友的时候可能会觉得衣服过于正式而有些尴尬,所以"需要进行幽默的曲解",以化解这一尴尬. 如果还不明白,明天一大早我把这一段给你翻译一下.

After Michael Guarini lost his job as president of the health division of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide last year, he started dressing up more.The advertising and public relations firm had a business-casual dress code, but now for networking meetings,Mr. Guarini says he generally wears business suits, even with people with whom he is long acquainted.

This often requires humorous deflecting.

"People invariably say, 'I hope you didn't wear a suit for me,'?" says Mr. Guarini. He has two pat replies: "You're worth it," or, "I had some other meetings today."

翻译一下.

麦克•瓜里尼去年丢掉他作为Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide公司健康部门总裁职位后，他的开始更加注重起他的衣着了。广告与公共关系有一条商务---休闲衣着规则，但是现在参加网络会议，瓜里尼先生说他一般会穿西装，即便对方是他的老熟人也不例外。

这样有时候需要一些幽默的曲解。

“人们总是在说，‘希望你穿这样一身衣服不是为了我吧，’？”瓜里尼先生说。他有两种合适的回答，“你值得我这样穿，”或“我今天还有个别的会。”