Mortify

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v. 使屈辱, 使痛心
  • [英] v. 使屈辱, 使痛心 ( to cause to feel humiliation and chagrin)
  • [类] embarrass : mortify / indulge : mollycoddle ( 使人过分难堪是羞辱 / 过分纵容别人是溺爱)
  • [记] mort ( 死) +ify -> 让人想死 -> 使人屈辱

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

  • Etymology: Middle English mortifien, from Anglo-French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificare, from Latin mort-, mors
  • Date: 14th century
  • transitive verb
    • 1. obsolete to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of
    • 2. to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort
    • 3. to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment ; shame
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to practice mortification
    • 2. to become necrotic or gangrenous


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