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单词 mortification
释义
mortification
noun[U]
uk
/ˌmɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
afeelingof being veryembarrassed:
失面子；尴尬
To themortificationofthe show'sorganizers, thetopperformerwithdrewat the lastminute.令表演的组织者十分狼狈的是，主要演员在最后一分钟退出了。
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Idiom

mortification of the flesh
(Definition ofmortificationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmortification

mortification
Their devotion to themortificationof the flesh was also underscored by their weakly bodily constitution, hence the topos of the sick scientist.
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She offers an insightful study of the long tradition of 'sapphic' diva-worship as a way of diluting 'some of the inevitable mortifications of self-exposure' (22).
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The woman seated beside him buries her head in her hands inmortificationand despair.
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Themortificationis by various means, such as enforced uniformity, and the violation of personal space, preferences and activities.
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To hismortification, the only person at home to whom he can turn is his 15-year-old daughter.
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In every case, therefore, being so bound, we were unable to purchase, and had themortificationof seeing those properties acquired, in every case.
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What can and must be expressed ismortificationand regret that the incident was so damaging to the country.
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Sometimes they have the additionalmortificationof having had to tutor the people who have superseded them in these higher posts.
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With our good intentions, we have tried to improve life; but sometimes, to ourmortification, we have seen the unintended ill consequences of our good wishes apparently make things worse.
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I cannot help but feel when reading the report a sense of chagrin and even ofmortificationflowing through it at the weight and the direction of the evidence received.
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I believe that if he had said exactly what was in his mind, and without prayer andmortification, the afternoon might have become almost intolerable for some of us.
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I pass to it not in the least degree with any idea of adding to the feelings of naturalmortificationand self-reproach to which he has just given expression.
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Here he gave great edification by his love of prayer andmortification, his profound humility, and his prompt obedience.
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It is precisely through taming the passions by means ofmortificationand self-denial that life and energy are strengthened and freed from cumbersome shackles.
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He then died of gangrene of the bone andmortificationof the wound.
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