mortifying
- adj.令人惭愧的;让人窘迫的
- v.使难堪;使羞愧
- mortify的现在分词
adj
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- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- golf is a humbling game
- Synonym: demeaning humbling humiliating
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- causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
- Synonym: embarrassing
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How mortifying to have to apologize to him !
要向他道歉,多难为情啊!
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She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone .
她觉得要是让人看到她和他在一起,会非常没面子。
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It was mortifying to know he had heard every word .
知道他听到了每一句话后真是尴尬
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I 've said I did not love her , and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then .
我已经说过我不爱她,而且时时以伤害她的虚荣心为乐
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For anyone involved I 'm sure the first call was mortifying .
对任何人来说第一个电话必然是令人气恼。
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To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying .
紧接着这个发现之后,他又在她身上发现了几个同样叫人怄气的地方。
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I confess freely to you , I could never look long upon a monkey without very mortifying reflections .
我坦坦白白地跟你说吧,我决不能长久看着猴子而不感到非常屈辱的。
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And of course , as a kid , I have to say , that was a bit mortifying
当然作为孩子我不得不承认这很让人痛苦
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It would be mortifying her severely .
那会严重伤害她的自尊心。
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After the mortifying run in Sarah says she didn 't even have to try very hard to stick to a diet for the first time ever . '
在那次耻辱的偶遇后,萨拉说她有史以来第一次甚至不需要努力的坚持就可以节食。
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What is most mortifying of all is that it is chance - simply a barbarous , lagging chance .
最令人伤心的是:所有这一切纯属偶然&一个简单、蛮、后的偶然事件。
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The embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles ; it was mortifying to know he had heard every word .
当她发现裙子掉到了脚踝时感觉窘极了;知道他听到了每一句话后真是尴尬。
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The heterotrophic nitrification bacteria existed in MBR system possessing SND effect of 80 % was isolated and cultured ; and its mortifying characteristic was studied .
对具有80%的同步硝化反硝化(SND)效果的MBR系统中存在的异养硝化菌进行了分离培养,并对其硝化特性进行了研究。
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William had wanted to buy her a gold chain too , but the purchase had been beyond his means , and therefore not to wear the cross might be mortifying him .
威廉原来还想给她买一根金项链,但钱不够没有买成。因此,她要是不戴这个十字架,那会伤他的心。
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and his commendation of every thing would have touched Mrs. Bennet 's heart , but for the mortifying supposition of his viewing it all as his own future property .
班纳特太太本当听到他赞美一句,心里就得意一阵,怎奈她也想到,他原来是把这些东西都看作他自己未来的财产,因此她又非常难受。
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When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned , in terms of such mortifying yet merited reproach , her sense of shame was severe .
当她读到他提起她家里人的那一段时,其中措辞固然伤人感情,然而那一番责难却也入情入理,于是她越发觉得惭愧。
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There were some mortifying setbacks .
遭到了一些令人抱愧不安的挫折。
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Due to his underestimation , Marshal Bush met his mortifying defeat in the decisive battle after most of his men were mowed down in an ambush .
布希元帅在那关键战役中遭到奇耻大败,旗下绝大多数士兵在一次敌军伏击中被杀。
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I 'd be at someone 's desk or in the hallway or in a meeting and I had a mortifying habit of turning any conversation to my new and thrilling passion .
无论是在某个同事的办公桌旁,或是走廊里,还是开会中,我都有个令人痛心疾首的习惯,那就是能把任何谈话都转到这个令我兴奋的新爱好上。
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Previously , we wondered aloud on your behalf whether there was anything truly as terrifying , mortifying , and soul scathing as the average experience of the institution of marriage in the United States .
我们曾站在你的立场上声讨过,在美国是否还有比受婚姻制度的压迫更凄惨、坑爹的经历呢。
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That is what is mortifying !
这就是叫人伤心的地方!
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but it would not do ; in half a minute the letter was unfolded again , and collecting herself as well as she could , she again began the mortifying perusal of all that related to Wickham , and commanded herself so far as to examine the meaning of every sentence .
可是不到半分钟工夫,她又按捺不住,从信封里抽出信来聚精会神地忍痛读着写述韦翰的那几段,逼着自己去玩味每一句话的意思。