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mortify v. 使 ... 受辱； 抑制 (1) 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。(2) 他对自己的过失深感羞愧。 The root of the verb mortify is from the Latin word mors, which means “death.” To mortify something used to mean to destroy its life, but now mortify is mostly used when you feel so ashamed or embarrassed you “want to die.” To punish yourself through deprivation from food or another desire, you can mortify that compulsion, but it’s probably best to just mortify your parents by showing up at their work place with a new mohawk.

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英 ['mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɔːrtɪfaɪ] (1) The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities.(2) He felt mortified for his mistake. To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did. 1[VERB 动词]使丢面子；使窘迫；使羞愧 If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal.   [V n]  [no cont]Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。

英语单词	mortify
英美音标	英 ['mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɔːrtɪfaɪ]
中文释义	v. 使 ... 受辱；抑制
英语例句	(1) The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities. (2) He felt mortified for his mistake.
中文例句	(1) 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。 (2) 他对自己的过失深感羞愧。
vocabulary简明	To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did.
vocabulary扩展	The root of the verb mortify is from the Latin word mors, which means “death.” To mortify something used to mean to destroy its life, but now mortify is mostly used when you feel so ashamed or embarrassed you “want to die.” To punish yourself through deprivation from food or another desire, you can mortify that compulsion, but it’s probably best to just mortify your parents by showing up at their work place with a new mohawk.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使丢面子；使窘迫；使羞愧 If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal. [V n] [no cont] Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband. 简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。

Mortify Mortified 英 Mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 Mɔːrtɪfaɪ V 使 受辱

Mortify Mortified 英 Mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 Mɔːrtɪfaɪ V 使受辱