动词
词源
源自盎格魯-諾曼語 mortifier、中古法語 mortifier，源自晚期拉丁語 mortificō (“使...死亡”)，源自拉丁語 mors (“死亡”) + -ficō (“化”)。
读音
- /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
- /ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ/
释义
使...节制，使...节欲 （身体、食欲等）
Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
一些人为了追求成为圣人而节欲。
With fasting mortify'd, worn out with tears.
1767, Walter Harte, Eulogius: Or, The Charitable Mason:Mortify thy learned lust.
1688, Matthew Prior, An Ode:Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth.
1611，The Holy Bible, […]（King James Version），London： […] Robert Barker, […]，→OCLC，「Colossians 3:5」：使...窘迫，使...难堪，使...屈辱，使...丢人，羞辱
I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.
我在那都快要丢人死了，然后我昏倒了，但是我发誓我绝对不会让这种事有第二次。
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
1897年12月 (標示為1898年)，温斯顿·丘吉尔，第V章，收錄於The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約：The Macmillan Company；倫敦：麥米倫出版公司，→OCLC：杀害
扼杀，废止
Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine.
1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:使...坏死 （活体组织等）
使...沮丧，使...懊恼，烦扰
the news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations
22 September 1651 (date in diary), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, John Evelyn's Diary在社团土地所有权下授予
the schoolmasters of Ayr were paid out of the mills mortified by Queen Mary
1876 James Grant, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, Part II, Chapter 14, p.453 (PDF 2.7 MB):失去活力
坏死，生坏疽，变成坏疽
被压制
词形与写法（3）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| mortifies | third-person · singular · present | |
| mortifying | present · participle | |
| mortified | past · participle · 簡單過去時 |