mortify

英['mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美['mɔːrtɪfaɪ]
  • v. 使 ... 受辱； 抑制
mortified mortified mortifying mortifies
GRE

详细释义

Verb:
  1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

  2. hold within limits and control;

    "subdue one's appetites"
    "mortify the flesh"

  3. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

    "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

  4. undergo necrosis;

    "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

双语例句

1. The first Sunday , in particular , their behaviours served to mortify me.
到了这里第一个星期, 她们的行为几乎把我气死.

来自辞典例句

2. To cause to feel chagrin ; mortify or discomfit.
使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫.

来自互联网

    1. The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities.
      对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。
    2. He felt mortified for his mistake.
      他对自己的过失深感羞愧。

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【邻近词汇】

mortise mortgage mortifying mortify v. mortifyingly mortify the flesh
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