mortification
英 [ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
美 [ˌmɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
n. 屈辱感;窘迫感
BNC.33402 / COCA.28228
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 屈辱感;窘迫感
Mortificationis a strong feeling of shame and embarrassment.- The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
- The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
英英释义
noun
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- he had to undergo one humiliation after another
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
双语例句
- Manager: ah! The famous Monsieur poirot. I grovel in mortification, I grovel!
乔德利：啊，著名的波洛先生，我未免太失敬了，失敬了。 - Again his astonishment was obvious; and he looked at her with an expression of mingled incredulity and mortification.
他又显出很惊讶的样子，他带着痛苦和诧异的神气望着她。 - Jeanie followed in patience, and with her eyes fixed on the ground, that she might save herself the mortification of seeing her companion's absurdities.
珍妮耐心地跟着她，两眼盯住地面，免得瞧见伴侣的滑稽相心里懊恼。 - The niyamas ( observances) are purity, contentment, mortification, study and devotion to God.
精进是纯净、满足、苦行、研读和敬神。 - 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。 - I don't really want to spend the weekend working, but as they say, a little mortification of the flesh is good for the soul.
我真的不想在周末工作，不过正如他们说的，一点肉体的苦行对灵魂有好处。 - But before he had uttered the words, Prince Andrey, feeling the tears of shame and mortification rising in his throat, was jumping off his horse and running to the flag.
可是，当他还没有说完这句话，安德烈公爵就感觉到羞愧和愤怒的眼泪涌进了他的喉头，于是他翻身下马，向军旗面前走去。 - He was wallowing in mortification.
他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚。 - The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。 - Hareton's chest heaved in silence a minute: he laboured under a severe sense of mortification and wrath, which it was no easy task to suppress.
哈里顿的胸膛默默地起伏了一下：他是在一种严重的屈辱与愤怒的感觉下苦斗，要压制下去是不容易的事。