mortification
英 [ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
美 [ˌmɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
n. 屈辱感;窘迫感
BNC.33402 / COCA.28228
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 屈辱感;窘迫感
Mortificationis a strong feeling of shame and embarrassment.- The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
- The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
英英释义
noun
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- he had to undergo one humiliation after another
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
双语例句
- Davie was hiding his head in his hands with mortification.
戴维羞愧难当地双手抱着脑袋。 - Miss Ophelia looked keenly at him, and saw the flush of mortification.
奥菲丽亚小姐用锐利的目光扫了一眼他脸上羞耻的红晕。 - The niyamas ( observances) are purity, contentment, mortification, study and devotion to God.
精进是纯净、满足、苦行、研读和敬神。 - But there is in my nature a strain of asceticism, and I have subjected my flesh each week to a more severe mortification.
但是我这个人生来还有苦行主义的性格，我还一直叫我的肉体每个星期经受一次更大的磨难。 - Myrrh has been associated with bitter repentance, mortification of the flesh, and penance.
没药与痛苦的悔改，苦修，忏悔联合。 - Hareton's chest heaved in silence a minute: he laboured under a severe sense of mortification and wrath, which it was no easy task to suppress.
哈里顿的胸膛默默地起伏了一下：他是在一种严重的屈辱与愤怒的感觉下苦斗，要压制下去是不容易的事。 - But to his mortification no one paid the least attention to what he was saying.
但是扫兴得很，谁也不去听他了。 - The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。 - To his mortification, he was criticized by the manager.
他被经理批评，感到很难堪。 - She quailed a little as she thought how white with mortification Ellen would be at hearing that her daughter had eloped with another girl's fiance, but she knew Ellen would forgive her when she saw her happiness.
她设想爱伦听到女儿同另一个姑娘的未婚夫私奔时期得脸色灰白的模样，不由得有点畏缩起来，但是她知道，只要爱伦再看看女儿的幸福光景，也就会原谅她了。