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mor·ti·fy AHD[môrʹtə-fī'] D.J.[ˈmɔːtəˌfaɪ]K.K.[ˈmɔrtəˌfaɪ]v.(动词)mor.ti.fied, mor.ti.fy.ing, mor.ti.fies v.tr.(及物动词)- To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.使丢脸:使经受羞辱、挫折或窘迫;侮辱
- To discipline (one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.抑制:通过克己或自我苦行的方式抑制(一个人的身体或物质欲望)
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.克制:贯彻克己原则或身体及其欲望的克己
- Pathology To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.【病理学】 变得坏死;变成坏疽或枯斑
- Middle English mortifien [to deaden, subdue] 中古英语 mortifien [消除,压制]
- from Old French mortifier 源自 古法语 mortifier
- from Latin mortificāre [to kill] 源自 拉丁语 mortificāre [杀]
- mors mort- [death] * see mer- mors mort- [死] * 参见 mer-
- -ficāre [-fy] -ficāre [后缀,表“…化”]
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