单词 | mortify the flesh/yourself |
释义 | mortify the flesh/yourself From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmortify the flesh/yourselfmortify the flesh/yourselfformalRR to try to control your natural physical desires and needs by making your body suffer pain → mortifyExamples from the Corpusmortify the flesh/yourself• We may imagine an ascetic who consistently chooses the sour instead of the sweet apple, in order to mortify the flesh. |
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