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mortify

/mawr-tuh-fahy/US // ˈmɔr təˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ) //

羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.

    • : to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
    • : to subjugate by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
    • : Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.

    • : to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
    • : Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbembarrass
Forms: mortified, mortifying

Examples

  • Fallon: Christopher Meloni is perfectly cast as a father who lives to mortify his teenage kids.

  • His low cunning invents numerous occasions to mortify and harass me.

  • In one case, indeed, I think he went too far in this compliance, and the result was to mortify her not a little.

  • She goes on to describe her subsequent attempts to mortify the flesh by means of fasting.

  • He wished to mortify me, and please his favorite; but had no desire to dismiss me his service.

  • Party writers assert that he was brought here in preference to any other spot, in order to mortify the citizens with the sight.