mortify
英['m??t?fa?]
美['m?rt?fa?]
- vt. 抑制；苦修；使…感屈辱
- vi. 禁欲；苦行；約束
英英釋意
- 1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- 2. hold within limits and control;
- "subdue one's appetites"
- "mortify the flesh"
- 3. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
- "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- 4. undergo necrosis;
- "the tissue around the wound necrosed"