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mortify

B2 verb
us /ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ/

mortify /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/ nghĩa là hãm mình, khổ hạnh

Các nghĩa

  1. hãm mình, khổ hạnh

    To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

    transitive

    Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.

    With fasting mortify'd, worn out with tears.

    Mortify thy learned lust.

  2. làm nhục, làm bẽ mặt

    To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.

    transitive · usually

    I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.

  3. làm bực bội, làm khó chịu

    To affect with vexation or chagrin.

    transitive

    He seemed to enjoy mortifying them with news of every fresh hell loosed in the capital.

    How often is [the ambitious man] mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought!

  4. dọa cho sợ

    To scare.

    transitive

    Near-synonym: petrify

    Please don't mortify your mother by telling her what a stupidly dangerous thing you did last night.

  5. mất sức sống, suy yếu

    To lose vitality.

    intransitive

  6. bị khuất phục, bị chế ngự

    To be subdued.

    intransitive

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