mortify

英 ['mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɔːrtɪfaɪ]

• v. 使 ... 受辱； 抑制

英英释义

Verb:

1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

2. hold within limits and control;

   "subdue one's appetites"
   "mortify the flesh"
   

3. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
   

4. undergo necrosis;

   "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
   

经典引文

• The suffering may be a means of mortifying and outgrowing your sins.

  出自： G. Santayana

近反义词

【近义词】

• humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
• embarrass 使窘迫
• shame 羞愧
• wound 创伤
• disgrace 耻辱
• abase 降低 ... 的地位...
• humble 谦逊的
• confound 使困惑
• crush 压碎
• degrade 降格
• put down 镇压
• take down 记下，写下
• cloud 云
• deflate 放气
• impute 归罪于
• displease 使不高兴
• addle 使腐坏
• cheapen 降低
• crucify 钉在十字架上处死...
• subdue 使服从
• sphacelate 生脱疽
• necrose [医]坏死
• gangrene 坏疽
• chagrin 懊恼