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mortified
🇺🇸 /mˈɔɹtʌfˌaɪd/
形容人因难堪而极度尴尬,也可指通过苦修等方式克制身体欲望的。
💡 记忆钩子
把自己“压制、折磨”到无地自容:现代英语中最常见的是情绪上受到强烈打击,尴尬得恨不得消失;较少见时则是通过苦修压制身体欲望。
📝 学习建议
- 优先掌握“极度尴尬”这一现代常用义,不要把它只理解为普通的“尴尬”。
- 不要望文生义地把它理解成“已经死亡”;死亡义主要存在于相关词源和其他词形中,不是本词的常用义。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 尴尬至极的📖 指因为出丑、被当众指出错误或处于极其难堪的场面而羞愧、尴尬到极点,仿佛情绪上受到了强烈打击。💡 常用结构是“be mortified by/at + 事情”或“feel mortified”,也可以直接说“be absolutely mortified”。它通常描述说话者或叙述者强烈的个人难堪,语气比普通的“尴尬”更重;不要用它表示单纯的害羞、烦恼或身体不适。informalI was mortified when I realized I had called her by the wrong name.我发现自己叫错她的名字时,尴尬得无地自容。He felt mortified after everyone laughed at his mistake.大家都嘲笑他的错误后,他感到难堪极了。
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rare 通过苦修克制欲望的📖 指通过禁食、惩罚身体或其他苦修方式来压制身体欲望;这是与“折磨、压制自己”这一核心概念相连的较少见用法。💡 常见于宗教、历史或文学语境,通常作定语或表语,描述一种苦修状态或实践。日常对话中不要用它来表示“尴尬”;现代读者看到这个义项时,通常会根据宗教或历史背景来理解。
more mortified
comparative
most mortified
superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; ;
同义词集:
embarrassed
humiliated
mortified
too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street
humiliated that his wife had to go out to work
felt mortified by the comparison with her sister
suffering from tissue death
同义词集:
gangrenous
mortified
近似: unhealthy
🔄 变式
more mortified
compar
most mortified
superl
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