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