mortification
英 [ˌmɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən]
美 [ˌmɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən]
将“mortification”分解为“mort”和“ification”,其中“mort”与死亡(mortem)有关,联想到使人感到羞愧或痛苦的事物就像死亡般沉重,而“ification”是使...化的过程。因此,记忆方法可以是将“mortification”想象成一种让人感觉像经历了“mort”(死亡般的)痛苦或羞愧的过程,即“感到羞愧的过程”。
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- mortification (n.)
- late 14c., "mortifying the flesh, suppression of bodily desires," from Late Latin mortificationem (nominative mortificatio) "a killing, putting to death," from past participle stem of mortificare (see mortify). Sense of "feeling of humiliation" first recorded 1640s.
- 1. To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected.
- 使我感到失面子的是:我的稿件被退了回来.
- 2. The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
- 主席试图掩饰自己的窘迫。
- 3. Miss Ophelia looked keenly at him, and saw the flush of mortification.
- 奥菲丽亚小姐用锐利的目光扫了一眼他脸上羞耻的红晕.
- 4. He was wallowing in mortification.
- 他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚.
- 5. Will the mortification never cease?
- 接二连三的丑事,真是祸不单行啊!