mortify

B2 大学

vt. 抑制, 苦修, 使受辱 vi. 禁欲, 苦修

发音

UK /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
其它
US /ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ/

词形变化

mortified mortifies 三单 mortifies mortifiest mortifieth mortifying mortifying 现在分词 mortified 过去式 mortified 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

抑制；苦修；使…感屈辱

动词

禁欲；苦行；约束

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

    及物

    Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.

  2. 2.

    To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.

    及物

    I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.

  3. 3.

    To kill.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To affect with vexation or chagrin.

    及物

    He seemed to enjoy mortifying them with news of every fresh hell loosed in the capital.

    22 September 1651 (date in diary), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, John Evelyn's Diary the news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations

  6. 6.

    To scare.

    及物

    Near-synonym: petrify

    Please don't mortify your mother by telling her what a stupidly dangerous thing you did last night.

  7. 7.

    To humble; to depress.

    废旧 及物
  8. 8.

    To grant in mortmain.

    历史 及物 苏格兰 法律

    the schoolmasters of Ayr were paid out of the mills mortified by Queen Mary

  9. 9.

    To lose vitality.

    不及物
  10. 10.

    To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.

    古体 及物
  11. 11.

    To gangrene.

    古体 不及物
  12. 12.

    To be subdued.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

humble humiliate crucify subdue gangrene abase chagrin necrose sphacelate

上位词 10

hold check hurt control train waste condition wound discipline rot

下位词 7

crush smash disgrace degrade demean put down take down

词源

From Anglo-Norman mortifier, Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificō (“cause death”), from Latin mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”).

来源：wiktionary