mortify
['mɔ:tifai]
v. 使 ... 受辱, 抑制
例句与用法:
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。
He felt mortified for his mistake.
他对自己的过失深感羞愧。
词形变化:
动词过去式: mortified | 动词过去分词: mortified | 动词现在分词: mortifying | 动词第三人称单数: mortifies |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 使感屈辱; 使失面子; 使羞愧[H]
The teacher was mortified by his own inability to answer such a simple question.
老师因自己回答不出如此简单的问题而感到羞愧。
2. 【宗】克制(情欲等), 抑制
mortify the flesh
禁欲苦修
3. 【医】使变成坏疽
vi.
1. 【医】变成坏疽
2. 禁欲, 苦行