mortify
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ]
- 国际音标 ['mɔ:tifai]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 抑制；苦修；使…受辱
- vi. 禁欲；苦行；约束；腐坏
词根记忆
- mort(死) + ify→让人想死→使丢脸，侮辱
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- mortified：窘迫的；受辱的。
- mortifying：痛心的；使人羞愧的；禁欲苦修的。
- n性质的同根词
- mortification：屈辱；禁欲；坏疽。
- v性质的同根词
- mortified：使受辱（mortify的过去式）。
- vt性质的同根词
- mortifying：苦修；使…悔恨（mortify的ing形式）。
英汉例句
- It seemed to be utterlv without purpose in my life, except to mortify me when I became aroused during bed baths.
除了在浴缸里性唤起的时候禁欲，我的生活似乎全然没有目的。 - Vanity, it may be, chose to mortify itself, by putting on, for ceremonials of pomp and state, the garments that had been wrought by her sinful hands.
一些人可能是为了抑制自己的虚荣心，才在一些堂皇庄重的场合专门穿戴由她那双有罪的手缝制的服装。 - When 16-year-old Natalie first started dating her boyfriend, her mother did something that would mortify most American parents: She took her to the doctor’s office to get her contraceptives.
16岁的娜塔莉第一次和男朋友约会时，她妈妈就做了一件令许多美国父母感到难为情的事情：她带着女儿去医生那里索取避孕药物或器具。 - These are often distilled into deadpan rituals, with the director maintaining his Proustian interest in habit—in its capacity both to mortify and console.
NEWYORKER: The Time That Remains
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to make someone very embarrassed
- If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 使变成坏疽
- (为了苦行)抑制，克制(肉体、情感)