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:
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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。
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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.
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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.
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The suffering may be a means of mortifying and outgrowing your sins.
来自G. Santayana
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My wife's less mortifying family tradition involves dying hard-boiled eggs and then searching for them.
来自WSJ
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What would be mind-bendingly mortifying in one situation is simply not a biggie in another.
来自THETIMES