mor·ti·fy
verb/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
/ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪ/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mortify | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/ /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it mortifies | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪz/ /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple mortified | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd/ /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle mortified | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd/ /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form mortifying | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody feel very ashamed or embarrassed
使难堪；使羞愧 - be mortified I was mortified when I realized I had forgotten our lunch date.
当我发现忘记了我们约好那天一起吃午餐这件事时，我挺不好意思的。 - be mortified to do something She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.
她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。
Word Originlate 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’. - be mortified I was mortified when I realized I had forgotten our lunch date.