mortification
英 [,mɔːtɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
美 [,mɔːtɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
mortification 英文词源
- mortification (n.)
- late 14c., "mortifying the flesh, suppression of bodily desires," from Late Latin mortificationem (nominative mortificatio) "a killing, putting to death," from past participle stem of mortificare (see mortify). Sense of "feeling of humiliation" first recorded 1640s.
mortification 双语例句
1. To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 使我感到失面子的是:我的稿件被退了回来. 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
- 主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Miss Ophelia looked keenly at him, and saw the flush of mortification.
- 奥菲丽亚小姐用锐利的目光扫了一眼他脸上羞耻的红晕.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He was wallowing in mortification.
- 他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Will the mortification never cease?
- 接二连三的丑事,真是祸不单行啊!
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