| 单词 | mortify |
| 释义 | mor·ti·fy transitive verb 1. obsolete a. < if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live — Rom 8:13 (Authorized Version) > b. < the tendons were mortified and … he could never have the use of his leg — Daniel Defoe > < the knowledge of future evils mortifies present felicities — Sir Thomas Browne > 2. < the flesh tended to corruption, and to achieve the pious ends of life one must mortify it … lessening its appetites by fasting and abstention — Lewis Mumford > < one is taught in the noviceship to mortify one's palate at least once during every meal — Monica Baldwin > 3. Scots law < to administer and manage the whole revenue and property of the University including funds mortified for bursaries and other purposes — Edinburgh University Cal. > 4. obsolete 5. < it would mortify me that you shouldn't be perfectly dressed — W.S.Maugham > < was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own — Jane Austen > intransitive verb 1. < a sort of mammoth lay monastery relieved of the obligation to mortify — James Binder > 2. |
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