Mortifying
['mɔrtɪs]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortify
(a.) Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.
(a.) Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances.
(a.) Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.
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例句/造句/用法:
- This is mortifying. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And to her the consciousness of having exceeded in words was peculiarly mortifying. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- We had better put an end to this most mortifying conference. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- We had got well out on the country road, when a somewhat mortifying incident occurred. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more horrible than the men. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I dined twice in Wimpole Street, and might have been there oftener, but it is mortifying to be with Rushworth as a brother. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It would be mortifying her severely. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Ve-ry mortifying, is it not? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- To be considered young was complimentary, doubtless, but at six-and-forty to be treated as a boy was sometimes mortifying. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It is, in fact, a most mortifying retrospect for me. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
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