mortify

mortify
[ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ]
(-ies, -ied)
[with obj.]

(常作 be mortified)cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
使受辱；使羞愧；使窘迫
[with obj. and infinitive]she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror.
看到镜子里自己的皱纹，她感到窘迫。
[as adj. mortifying]she refused to accept this mortifying disgrace.
她拒绝接受这种丢脸的耻辱。
subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline
抑制，克制（肉体需要，情感）
return to heaven by mortifying the flesh.
克制肉欲回到天堂。
[no obj.](of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis
（肌体）成坏疽，坏死
a scratch or cut in Henry's arm had mortified.
亨利胳膊上的擦伤或割伤已形成坏疽。

派生
mortification
noun
mortifyingly
adverb
语源

late Middle English (in the senses 'put to death', 'deaden', and 'subdue by self-denial'): from Old French mortifier, from ecclesiastical Latin mortificare 'kill, subdue', from mors, mort- 'death'

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