mortify

• vt. 抑制；苦修；使…感屈辱
• vi. 禁欲；苦行；约束

来自拉丁语mors,死亡，死的，词源同mortal,murder,-fy,使。即使死亡，使感觉要死的，比引申词义使羞愧。

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"

mortify (v.)

late 14c., "to kill," from Old French mortefiier "destroy, overwhelm, punish," from Late Latin mortificare "cause death, kill, put to death," literally "make dead," from mortificus "producing death," from Latin mors (genitive mortis) "death" (see mortal (adj.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipline" first attested early 15c. Sense of "humiliate" first recorded 1690s (compare mortification). Related: Mortified; mortifying.

She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.

她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。

牛津词典

How mortifying to have to apologize to him!

要向他道歉，多难为情啊！

牛津词典

Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.

简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

辞典例句

To cause to feel chagrin ; mortify or discomfit.

使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫.

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