每日单词:mortify

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摘要:“Mortify”源自拉丁语“mortificare”,意为“使死亡”,由“mors”(死亡)和“ficare”(使)组成。这个词在中世纪英语中被用来描述自我惩罚或使物质腐烂的过程。随着时间的推移,其含义扩展到包括使某人感到羞愧或尴尬。

mortify

英 ['mɔːtɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɔːrtɪfaɪ]

v. 使 ... 受辱;抑制

“Mortify”源自拉丁语“mortificare”,意为“使死亡”,由“mors”(死亡)和“ficare”(使)组成。这个词在中世纪英语中被用来描述自我惩罚或使物质腐烂的过程。随着时间的推移,其含义扩展到包括使某人感到羞愧或尴尬。

◉外刊例句

① 《经济学人》, 2024-05-10

The politician was mortified by the leaked recording of hisprivate conversation.

政治家因私人谈话的泄露录音而感到羞愧。

② 《自然》, 2024-03-20

Scientists are studying how to mortify bacteria to prevent infections.

科学家们正在研究如何使细菌失去活力以防止感染。

◉经典名著

① 《傲慢与偏见》(Pride and Prejudice), 简·奥斯汀, 1813

Elizabeth was mortified by her mother’s embarrassing behavior at the ball.

伊丽莎白因母亲在舞会上的尴尬行为而感到羞愧。

② 《红与黑》(Le Rouge et le Noir), 司汤达, 1830

Julien was mortified by his social inferiority and sought to rise through manipulation.

于连因自己的社会低地位而感到羞愧,并试图通过操纵来提升自己。

◉Usage Examples

(1) The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities.

(2) He felt mortified for his mistake.

(1) 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。

(2) 他对自己的过失深感羞愧。

◉Usage Notes

To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did.

The root of the verb mortify is from the Latin word mors, which means “death.” To mortify something used to mean to destroy its life, but now mortify is mostly used when you feel so ashamed or embarrassed you “want to die.” To punish yourself through deprivation from food or another desire, you can mortify that compulsion, but it’s probably best to just mortify your parents by showing up at their work place with a new mohawk.

1. [VERB 动词]使丢面子;使窘迫;使羞愧 If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal. [V n] [no cont]

Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.

简离开丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞

来源:学无用的英语

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