Mortify

(verb.) hold within limits and control; 'subdue one's appetites'; 'mortify the flesh'.

(verb.) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.

博比编辑

• I have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride; and, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof of my success. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• To say our orisons, fool, answered the Pilgrim, to repent our sins, and to mortify ourselves with fastings, vigils, and long prayers. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It is too ridiculous that such a girl as Thomasin could so mortify us as to get jilted on the wedding day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The time has gone by, when you could mortify me by calling me a jilt. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• To be sure, said Harriet, in a mortified voice, he is not so genteel as real gentlemen. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• That is very true, replied Elizabeth, and I could easily forgive _his_ pride, if he had not mortified _mine_. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It was odd to have summoned him in that way, and then forgotten him; but Archer felt more curious than mortified. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I should be mortified indeed if I did not believe I had been of some use; but it is not every body who will bestow praise where they may. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But this was enough to wear off the shyness on her side, and any symptoms of mortified pride and vanity on his. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• This is mortifying. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And to her the consciousness of having exceeded in words was peculiarly mortifying. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We had better put an end to this most mortifying conference. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• We had got well out on the country road, when a somewhat mortifying incident occurred. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more horrible than the men. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I dined twice in Wimpole Street, and might have been there oftener, but it is mortifying to be with Rushworth as a brother. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It mortifies me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I ought to have read more, for I find I don't know anything, and it mortifies me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Nothing causes greater vanity than any shining quality in our relations; as nothing mortifies us more than their vice or infamy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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