mortify
英 [ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪ]
v. 使难堪; 使羞愧
过去分词:mortified 过去式:mortified 第三人称单数:mortifies 现在分词:mortifying
BNC.21377 / COCA.18139
牛津词典
verb
- 使难堪;使羞愧
to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed- 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。
- She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使丢面子;使窘迫;使羞愧
If you say that somethingmortifiesyou, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal.- Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。
- Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
英英释义
verb
- undergo necrosis
- the tissue around the wound necrosed
- cause to feel shame
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- hold within limits and control
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
双语例句
- The teacher is mortify 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。 - To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit.
使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫。 - To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit. It galled him to ask permission.
使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫。请求别人允许使他感到屈辱。 - The way of freezing storage and cold storage could keep better germination percentage, but it would induce a certain mortify and mildew if the storage time was too long.
用冷藏和冷冻的方法贮藏种子可以较好的保持其发芽率,但贮藏时间过长种子会出现一定程度的腐坏霉变。 - Vanity, it may be, chose to mortify itself, by putting on, for ceremonials of pomp and state, the garments that had been wrought by her sinful hands.
一些人可能是为了抑制自己的虚荣心,才在一些堂皇庄重的场合专门穿戴由她那双有罪的手缝制的服装。 - And now I've told you a story that would so mortify her.
我给你了讲个让她很羞的事情。 - Meanwhile, it can make tumor vascular degrade and mortify, and further block nutrient source of tissues, causing cell apoptosis.
同时能使肿瘤血管变性坏死,阻断组织营养源促使细胞凋亡。 - Nor need he mortify sin; Christ has mortified sin for him.
基督徒也不必治死罪;基督已经为我们治死罪了。 - Learn to mortify your intelligence.
学着抑制你的智慧。 - You would not wish to disappoint and mortify the Coles, I am sure, sir;
我敢说,先生,你是不想叫科尔夫妇扫兴、丢面子的。