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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• causing awareness of your shortcomings
  1. golf is a humbling game
  Synonym:demeaninghumblinghumiliating
• causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
  1. the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
  2. it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
  Synonym:embarrassing

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were some mortifying setbacks.
  遭到了一些令人抱愧不安的挫折。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is what is mortifying!
  这就是叫人伤心的地方！
• I'd be at someone's desk or in the hallway or in a meeting and I had a mortifying habit of turning any conversation to my new and thrilling passion.
  无论是在某个同事的办公桌旁，或是走廊里，还是开会中，我都有个令人痛心疾首的习惯，那就是能把任何谈话都转到这个令我兴奋的新爱好上。
• Due to his underestimation, Marshal Bush met his mortifying defeat in the decisive battle after most of his men were mowed down in an ambush.
  布希元帅在那关键战役中遭到奇耻大败，旗下绝大多数士兵在一次敌军伏击中被杀。