| 单词 | mortify |
| 释义 | mortify —mortifiedly, adv. —mortifier, n. —mortifyingly, adv. /mawr"teuh fuy'/, v. , mortified, mortifying. v.t. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. 3. Pathol. to affect with gangrene or necrosis. v.i. 4. to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities. 5. Pathol. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed. [1350-1400; ME mortifien < MF mortifier < LL mortificare to put to death, equiv. to L morti- (s. of mors) death + -ficare -FY] Syn. 1. humble, abase. 2. subdue, restrain. |
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