| 词汇 | mortify |
| 释义 | mortify verb[ T ] uk /ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ/ to make someone very embarrassed: 使（某人）很尴尬 The thought of the incident still mortified her.一想起这件事情还是让她很尴尬。 Synonym humiliate Ashamed and embarrassed abash abashed ashamed awkward awkwardly guiltily guiltiness hangdog have egg on your faceidiom humbling mortified mortifying not know where to put yourselfidiom pride self-mortification sheepishness silly smallness squirm swallow your prideidiom mortify | American Dictionarymortify verb[ T ] us/ˈmɔr·t̬əˌfɑɪ/ to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. Examples of mortifymortify The same attempts to mortify and alter the self and the identities of the person with dementia were found in our study. He is progressively mortified, literally and figuratively, by the aliment that has constituted him and filled him and that has failed to find an outlet. What the film exacts from its audience is not com-passion for a peer, but a purely sentimental pity, kept at a distance by a stoic and ultimately mortifying narrative conclusion. At the end of the interview, she reminded me that this was told in confidence, that she would be ' mortified ' if others in her life knew. I also think that every modern and humane employer is mortified at the thought that men should be hurt or disabled through their own fault. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even they have gone back completely opposed to this scheme and completely mortified by what happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other areas it will mortify, as we have seen other educational movements mortify. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Suffice it to say that there will always be, especially in criminal cases, bitter accusation and counteraccusation, and someone may well be mortified by it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is mortifying to some of us who support progressive legislation and are pledged to it and believe in it heart and soul. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Large numbers of people in this country were mortified by that fact and deeply desirous that such responsibility should not be neglected again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This must have been mortifying to the general practitioner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that everyone would be mortified at the result if he did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, the average woman is mortified to think of herself as old at 60, yet the state does. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing in the paper said who that young person was or where she lived, but she knew who she was, and she was mortified by the reports of her case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should be mortified by that knowledge except for the fact that there never seems to be very much point in being mortified by one's own shortcomings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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