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　

GRE

BNC.21377 / COCA.18139

牛津词典

verb

• 使难堪；使羞愧
  to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed
  1. 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。

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.
  1. Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
     简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。

英英释义

verb

• undergo necrosis
  1. the tissue around the wound necrosed
  Synonym:necrosegangrenesphacelate
• cause to feel shame
  1. He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
  Synonym:humiliatechagrinhumbleabase
• hold within limits and control
  1. subdue one's appetites
  2. mortify the flesh
  Synonym:subduecrucify
• practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

双语例句

• Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
  简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。