mortifying
英 [ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ]
美 [ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪɪŋ]
adj.  令人惭愧的;让人窘迫的
v.  使难堪; 使羞愧
mortify的现在分词
现在分词:mortifying
COCA.42145
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人羞愧的;令人窘迫的
 If you say that something ismortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed.- She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.
 她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起,会非常没面子。
 
- She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.
英英释义
adj
- causing awareness of your shortcomings- golf is a humbling game
 
- causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
 
双语例句
- That is what is mortifying!
 这就是叫人伤心的地方!
- I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey without very mortifying reflections.
 我坦坦白白地跟你说吧,我决不能长久看着猴子而不感到非常屈辱的。
- It would be mortifying her severely.
 那会严重伤害她的自尊心。
- William had wanted to buy her a gold chain too, but the purchase had been beyond his means, and therefore not to wear the cross might be mortifying him.
 威廉原来还想给她买一根金项链,但钱不够没有买成。因此,她要是不戴这个十字架,那会伤他的心。
- She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.
 她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起,会非常没面子。
- There were some mortifying setbacks.
 遭到了一些令人抱愧不安的挫折。
- The heterotrophic nitrification bacteria existed in MBR system possessing SND effect of 80% was isolated and cultured; and its mortifying characteristic was studied.
 对具有80%的同步硝化反硝化(SND)效果的MBR系统中存在的异养硝化菌进行了分离培养,并对其硝化特性进行了研究。
- What is most mortifying of all is that it is chance-simply a barbarous, lagging chance.
 最令人伤心的是:所有这一切纯属偶然&一个简单、蛮、后的偶然事件。
- The embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles; it was mortifying to know he had heard every word.
 当她发现裙子掉到了脚踝时感觉窘极了;知道他听到了每一句话后真是尴尬。
- When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned, in terms of such mortifying yet merited reproach, her sense of shame was severe.
 当她读到他提起她家里人的那一段时,其中措辞固然伤人感情,然而那一番责难却也入情入理,于是她越发觉得惭愧。
