中英词典查询

mortifying

adj. 抑制的,苦修的;
v. 使受辱( mortify的现在分词 ); 伤害(人的感情); 克制; 抑制(肉体、情感等);

例句:

  • She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.
    她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起,会非常没面子。
  • I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then.
    我已经说过我不爱她, 而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐.
  • It was mortifying to know he had heard every word.
    知道他听到了每一句话后真是尴尬.
  • The suffering may be a means of mortifying and outgrowing your sins.
    来自G. Santayana
  • My wife's less mortifying family tradition involves dying hard-boiled eggs and then searching for them.
    来自WSJ
  • What would be mind-bendingly mortifying in one situation is simply not a biggie in another.
    来自THETIMES