She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.
她意識(shí)到自己的每句話都被他聽(tīng)到了，直羞得無(wú)地自容。
牛津詞典
How mortifying to have to apologize to him!
要向他道歉，多難為情啊！
牛津詞典
Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
簡(jiǎn)離開(kāi)丈夫的做法使她的家庭蒙羞。
The first Sunday , in particular , their behaviours served to mortify me.
到了這里第一個(gè)星期, 她們的行為幾乎把我氣死.
辭典例句
To cause to feel chagrin ; mortify or discomfit.
使懊惱,使受屈辱,使窘迫.
期刊摘選
"subdue one's appetites"
"mortify the flesh"
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
"the tissue around the wound necrosed"
