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
- 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。 - To his mortification, he was criticized by the manager.
他被经理批评，感到很难堪。 - 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。 - He was wallowing in mortification.
他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚。 - 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。 - Davie was hiding his head in his hands with mortification.
戴维羞愧难当地双手抱着脑袋。 - Has it not preached in the place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church?
它不是提倡用行善和求乞、独身和禁欲、修道和礼拜来代替这一切吗？ - But to his mortification no one paid the least attention to what he was saying.
但是扫兴得很，谁也不去听他了。 - 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。 - She had soon the mortification of seeing Mr Elliot withdraw, and no one of proper condition has since presented himself to raise even the unfounded hopes which sunk with him.
她本来捕风捉影地对他抱着希望，现在希望破灭了，而且此后再也没有遇见一个条件合适的人，来唤起她的这种希望。