mortify
发音
英 [ˈmɔ:tɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈmɔrtɪfaɪ]
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- vt.
- 使受辱
- 伤害（人的感情）
- 克制
- 抑制（肉体、情感等）
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- vi.
- （指肌肤）变成坏疽
单词词源
mortify 使羞愧
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。
双语例句
- 1. Learn to mortify your intelligence .
- 学着抑制你的智慧.
- 2. The thing he doesn 't realize is that it would mortify erin so she would never tell .
- 那东西他不知道的是，它会腐坏埃林所以她永远不会告诉。
- 3. 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。
- 4. 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。
- 5. It would mortify my soul if I should be thought to disgrace you .
- 如果我让你蒙羞我会很难过的.