mortifying是什么意思？

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）；

动词：mortify;

名词：mortification;

例句

• 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.
• 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.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人羞愧的;令人窘迫的
  If you say that something is mortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed.
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation;
  "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles""it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
  2. causing awareness of your shortcomings;
  "golf is a humbling game"