mortify
翻译
使受辱, 使窘迫, 克制
例句
His rude comment mortified her.
他粗鲁的评论使她受辱。
She was mortified to see her photo in the paper.
看到报纸上自己的照片，她感到非常窘迫。
语法模式
((sb.)) 使（某人）受辱。 His rude comment mortified her.
((to be mortified)) ((by/at sth. / to-inf)) （因…）感到窘迫。 She was mortified to see her photo in the paper.
近义词
同义词: embarrass, humiliate, shame; 反义词: please, delight
词源
源自拉丁语“mors”（死亡）和“facere”（制造）。字面意思是“致死”。
记忆技巧
想象一下，尴尬到想死的感觉。“mort-”这个词根意味着死亡。