mortify meaning in Chinese
vt.,vi.
1.抑制(情欲等)。
2.使悔恨,使感耻辱;伤害(感情)。
3.【医学】(使)患脱疽。
4.【植物;植物学】生枯斑,坏死。
Examples
- I felt mortified to be of so little use in the boat .
我坐在小船里什么用处也没有,真觉得丢人。 - This unexpected silence mortified him beyond reason .
这意外的不理睬无缘无故地伤害了他的自尊心。 - He was mortified .
他感到了心痛。 - The first sunday, in particular, their behaviours served to mortify me .
到了这里第一个星期,她们的行为几乎把我气死。 - I've said i did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then .
我已经说过我不爱她,而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐。