基本释义
- vt.
- 使受辱; 伤害（人的感情）; 克制; 抑制（肉体、情感等）
- vi.
- （指肌肤）变成坏疽
词性变化
- 第三人称单数:mortifies;
- 过去式:mortified;
- 过去分词:mortified;
- 现在分词:mortifying;
- 名词:mortification;
- 形容词:mortifying;
实用例句
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。
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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英英释义
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"