Mortify



GRE Barron

解释

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

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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