mortify
英语
编辑词源
编辑源自盎格鲁-诺曼语 mortifier、中古法语 mortifier，源自晚期拉丁语 mortificō (“使...死亡”)，源自拉丁语 mors (“死亡”) + -ficō (“化”)。
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编辑mortify (第三人称单数简单现在时 mortifies，现在分词 mortifying，一般过去时及过去分词 mortified)
- (及物) 使...节制，使...节欲 （身体、食欲等） （自15世纪）
- Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
- 一些人为了追求成为圣人而节欲。
- 1767, Walter Harte, Eulogius: Or, The Charitable Mason:
- With fasting mortify'd, worn out with tears.
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- 1688, Matthew Prior, An Ode:
- Mortify thy learned lust.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:5:
- Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth.
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- (及物，一般用被动态) 使...窘迫，使...难堪，使...屈辱，使...丢人，羞辱 （自17世纪）
- 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。
- 1897年 12月（標示為1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章号 5, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 紐約: The Macmillan Company；伦敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- 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.
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- (弃用，及物) 杀害 （14-17世纪）
- (弃用，及物) 扼杀，废止 （14-18世纪）
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, 出自 Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd版, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine.
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- (弃用，及物) 使...坏死 （活体组织等） （15-18世纪）
- (弃用，及物) 使...沮丧，使...懊恼，烦扰
- 22 September 1651 (date in diary), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, John Evelyn's Diary
- the news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations
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- 22 September 1651 (date in diary), 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, John Evelyn's Diary
- (及物，苏格兰法律，历史) 在社团土地所有权下授予
- 1876 James Grant, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, Part II, Chapter 14, p.453 (PDF 2.7 MB):
- 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):
- (不及物) 失去活力
- (不及物) 坏死，生坏疽，变成坏疽
- (不及物) 被压制