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mortify基本信息

读法：英 ["mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 ["mɔrtɪfaɪ]

释义：

  • vt. 抑制；苦修；使…感屈辱
  • vi. 禁欲；苦行；约束

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    英英释义

    Verb:

  • practice self-denial of one"s body and appetites
  • hold within limits and control;"subdue one"s appetites"
    "mortify the flesh"
  • cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
  • undergo necrosis;"the tissue around the wound necrosed"

    • 中英词源

    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。

    mortify (v.)
    late 14c., "to kill," from Old French mortefiier "destroy, overwhelm, punish," from Late Latin mortificare "cause death, kill, put to death," literally "make dead," from mortificus "producing death," from Latin mors (genitive mortis) "death" (see mortal (adj.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipline" first attested early 15c. Sense of "humiliate" first recorded 1690s (compare mortification). Related: Mortified; mortifying.

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 mortifies;
    过去式 mortified;
    过去分词 mortified;
    现在分词 mortifying;
    名词 mortification;
    形容词 mortifying;
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    权威造句

    1. 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.

    来自辞典例句

    2. To cause to feel chagrin ; mortify or discomfit.
    使懊恼,使受屈辱,使窘迫.

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    近反义词

  • humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
  • embarrass 使窘迫
  • shame 羞愧
  • wound 创伤
  • disgrace 耻辱
  • abase 降低 ... 的地位...
  • humble 谦逊的
  • confound 使困惑
  • crush 压碎
  • degrade 降格
  • put down 镇压
  • take down 记下，写下
  • cloud 云
  • deflate 放气
  • impute 归罪于
  • displease 使不高兴
  • addle 使腐坏
  • cheapen 降低
  • crucify 钉在十字架上处死...
  • subdue 使服从
  • sphacelate 生脱疽
  • necrose [医]坏死
  • gangrene 坏疽
  • chagrin 懊恼

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