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词汇 mortification
释义 mortification
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌmɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌmɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a feeling of being very embarrassed: 失面子;尴尬
To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performer withdrew at the last minute.令表演的组织者十分狼狈的是,主要演员在最后一分钟退出了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ashamed and embarrassed
abash
abashed
ashamed
awkward
awkwardly
guiltily
guiltiness
hangdog
have egg on your faceidiom
humbling
mortify
mortifying
not know where to put yourselfidiom
pride
self-mortification
sheepishness
silly
smallness
squirm
swallow your prideidiom

Idiom


mortification of the flesh

Examples of mortification


mortification
Their devotion to the mortification of the flesh was also underscored by their weakly bodily constitution, hence the topos of the sick scientist.
She offers an insightful study of the long tradition of 'sapphic' diva-worship as a way of diluting 'some of the inevitable mortifications of self-exposure' (22).
The woman seated beside him buries her head in her hands in mortification and despair.
The mortification is by various means, such as enforced uniformity, and the violation of personal space, preferences and activities.
To his mortification, the only person at home to whom he can turn is his 15-year-old daughter.
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In every case, therefore, being so bound, we were unable to purchase, and had the mortification of seeing those properties acquired, in every case.
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What can and must be expressed is mortification and regret that the incident was so damaging to the country.
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Sometimes they have the additional mortification of having had to tutor the people who have superseded them in these higher posts.
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With our good intentions, we have tried to improve life; but sometimes, to our mortification, we have seen the unintended ill consequences of our good wishes apparently make things worse.
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I cannot help but feel when reading the report a sense of chagrin and even of mortification flowing through it at the weight and the direction of the evidence received.
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I believe that if he had said exactly what was in his mind, and without prayer and mortification, the afternoon might have become almost intolerable for some of us.
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I pass to it not in the least degree with any idea of adding to the feelings of natural mortification and self-reproach to which he has just given expression.
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Here he gave great edification by his love of prayer and mortification, his profound humility, and his prompt obedience.
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It is precisely through taming the passions by means of mortification and self-denial that life and energy are strengthened and freed from cumbersome shackles.
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He then died of gangrene of the bone and mortification of the wound.
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