mortify
/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/verb
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
1
- （常作be mortified）cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated使受辱; 使羞愧; 使窘迫：
with obj. and infinitive she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror看到镜子里自己的皱纹, 她感到窘迫
as adj. mortifying she refused to accept this mortifying disgrace.她拒绝接受这种丢脸的耻辱。
2
- subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline抑制, 克制（肉体需要, 情感）：
return to heaven by mortifying the flesh.
克制肉欲回到天堂。
3
- no obj.(of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis（肌体）变成坏疽, 坏死：
a scratch or cut in Henry's arm had mortified.
亨利胳膊上的擦伤或割伤已形成坏疽。
派生词
mortification
nounmortifyingly
adverb词源
late 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'.