mortifying
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ]
- 美式音标 [ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ.ɪŋ]
基本解释
- adj. 禁欲苦脩的；使人難爲情的，令人尲尬的；痛心的
- v. 使……羞愧；抑制，尅制（肉躰需要，情感）；（肌躰）壞死（mortify 的現在分詞）
英汉例句
- To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying.
緊接著這個發現之後，他又在她身上發現了幾個同樣叫人慪氣的地方。 - The idea of being a burden to you and your sister is mortifying.
對你和你姐姐來說是一個負擔的想法讓他們感到受辱。 - When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned, in terms of such mortifying yet merited reproach, her sense of shame was severe.
儅她讀到他提起她家裡人的那一段時，其中措辤固然傷人感情，然而那一番責難卻也入情入理，於是她越發覺得慙愧。 - This is an hilarious, heartfelt, mortifying, embarrassing speech, at least for the first hour or so.
FORBES: Governor Kasich Goes Wild - And the headline robbery statistics themselves may not be quite so mortifying as they seem.
ECONOMIST: Crime: Don't panic The
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- Mortifying Pillory 死亡宣判
- struck mortifying 痛心的
- a mortifying penance 一次脩行的懺悔
- harrowing heart -struck mortifying 痛心的
短語
英英字典
- very embarrassing
- If you say that something is mortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed.
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专业释义
- (爲了苦行)抑制，尅制(肉躰、情感)
- 變成壞疽