Mortify

['mɔːtɪfaɪ] or ['mɔrtɪfaɪ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) hold within limits and control; 'subdue one's appetites'; 'mortify the flesh'.

(verb.) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.

博比編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

編輯:兰德尔

同義詞及近義詞：

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.

安迪編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

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

解釋/意思:

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.

校對:罗伯特