mortify中文什么意思

vt.,vi.
1.抑制(情欲等)。
2.使悔恨,使感耻辱；伤害(感情)。
3.【医学】(使)患脱疽。
+更多解释...4.【植物；植物学】生枯斑,坏死。

• mortify the flesh:    禁欲

例句与用法

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1. I felt mortified to be of so little use in the boat .
   我坐在小船里什么用处也没有，真觉得丢人。
2. This unexpected silence mortified him beyond reason .
   这意外的不理睬无缘无故地伤害了他的自尊心。
3. He was mortified .
   他感到了心痛。
4. 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。
5. I've said i did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then .
   我已经说过我不爱她，而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐。

英文释义

动词

1. undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
   同义词：necrose, gangrene, sphacelate
2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
   同义词：humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase
3. hold within limits and control; "subdue one''s appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
   同义词：subdue, crucify
4. practice self-denial of one''s body and appetites