mortify

1.[usupass]~ sb (to do sth).it mortifies sb that…使难堪；使羞愧to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed

1.抑制(情欲等)

2.【医学】(使)患脱疽

3.【植物;植物学】生枯斑,坏死

4.屈辱;伤害

5.恼怒;痛苦万分

1.to make somebody feel deeply ashamed and humiliated

2.to attempt to subdue the body or desires and passions by self-imposed discipline, hardship, abstinence from pleasure, and especially self-inflicted pain, usually for religious purposes

3.to decay and die