Mortify
['mɔːtɪfaɪ] or ['mɔrtɪfaɪ]
解释:
(verb.) hold within limits and control; 'subdue one's appetites'; 'mortify the flesh'.
(verb.) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.
博比编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
(v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
(v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
(v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
(v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
(v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
(v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
编辑:兰德尔
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Gangrene, gangrenate.[2]. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble.[3]. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down.
v. n. Gangrene, lose vitality.
安迪编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Deaden, subdue, master, vex, disappoint, annoy, rot, fester, humble, abash,chagrin, displace, putrefy
ANT:Feed, pamper, indulge, plea?e, gratify, delight, satisfy, heal, recover
整理:米莉
解释:
v.t. to destroy the vital functions of: to subdue by severities and penance: to vex: to humble: (Scots law) to dispose of by mortification.—v.i. to lose vitality to gangrene: to be subdued:—pa.t. and pa.p. mor′tified.—ns. Mortificā′tion act of mortifying or state of being mortified: the death of one part of an animal body: a bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living: humiliation: vexation: that which mortifies or vexes: (Scots law) a bequest to some charitable institution; Mor′tifiedness subjugation of the passions; Mor′tifier one who mortifies.—adj. Mor′tifying tending to mortify or humble: humiliating: vexing.
校对:罗伯特
例句:
- I have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride; and, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof of my success. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- To say our orisons, fool, answered the Pilgrim, to repent our sins, and to mortify ourselves with fastings, vigils, and long prayers. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It is too ridiculous that such a girl as Thomasin could so mortify us as to get jilted on the wedding day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The time has gone by, when you could mortify me by calling me a jilt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- To be sure, said Harriet, in a mortified voice, he is not so genteel as real gentlemen. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- That is very true, replied Elizabeth, and I could easily forgive _his_ pride, if he had not mortified _mine_. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- It was odd to have summoned him in that way, and then forgotten him; but Archer felt more curious than mortified. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I should be mortified indeed if I did not believe I had been of some use; but it is not every body who will bestow praise where they may. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- But this was enough to wear off the shyness on her side, and any symptoms of mortified pride and vanity on his. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- This is mortifying. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- And to her the consciousness of having exceeded in words was peculiarly mortifying. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- We had better put an end to this most mortifying conference. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- We had got well out on the country road, when a somewhat mortifying incident occurred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more horrible than the men. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- I dined twice in Wimpole Street, and might have been there oftener, but it is mortifying to be with Rushworth as a brother. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- It mortifies me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I ought to have read more, for I find I don't know anything, and it mortifies me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Nothing causes greater vanity than any shining quality in our relations; as nothing mortifies us more than their vice or infamy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
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