英语词汇“mortify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mortifymortify /ˈmɔrt̮əˌfaɪ/ verb (mortifies, mortified, mortifying) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYmortify

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French mortifier, from Latin mors; ➔ MORTAL¹

VERB TABLE

mortify

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mortify
	he, she, it	mortifies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mortified
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mortified
	he, she, it	has mortified
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mortified
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mortify
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mortified

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mortifying
	he, she, it	is mortifying
	you, we, they	are mortifying
Past	I, he, she, it	was mortifying
	you, we, they	were mortifying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mortifying
	he, she, it	has been mortifying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mortifying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mortifying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mortifying

1to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed: As a teenager, I was mortified by my parents.2mortify the flesh (also mortify yourself) literary to try to control your natural physical desires and needs by making your body suffer pain—mortification /ˌmɔrt̮əfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]