mortify
معنی فارسی
رياضت دادن کشتن جريحه دارکردن آزردن پست کردن فاسد کردن
معنی کامل و مثالها
/môrt´ǝ fī´/vt., vi.
● ریاضت کشیدن، نفس کشی کردن، کف نفس کردن، (برای تعالی بخشی روحی) جسم را خوار کردن
to achieve the pious ends of life, one must mortify the flesh
برای دستیابی به هدفهای پارسا منشانهی زندگی، انسان باید نفس خود را خوار نگهدارد.
we are killed by our bodies, and on doomsday how sorry we will be that we didn't mortify the body
ما کشتهی نفسیم و بس آوخ که درآید از ما به قیامت که چرا نفس نکشتیم
● شرمنده کردن، شرمگین کردن، خجلت زده کردن، سرافکنده کردن، خوار کردن، تحقیر کردن
I was mortified that they thrashed my guest
از این که مهمانم را کتک زدند بسیار شرمنده شدم.
● (نادر) دچار بافت مردگی شدن یا کردن
● از نیرو و سر زندگی انداختن، دلمرده کردن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Late Middle English from Old French mortifier, from ecclesiastical Latin mortificare ‘kill, subdue’, from mors, mort- ‘death’.
مثال
- She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.
- I was mortified when I found out they had been laughing at me.
- His mother was mortified by his behavior.
ترکیبهای رایج
Mortify someone Feel mortified Be mortified
تعریف انگلیسی
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s”
- undergo necrosis “the tissue around the wound necrosed” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody's (body part) ----s”
- hold within limits and control “subdue one's appetites” “mortify the flesh” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody”
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “The performance is likely to mortify Sue”
مترادفها
I. verb active
1. Gangrene.
2. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble, humble, depress.
3. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down, restrain, subdue.
II. verb neuter
Gangrene, lose vitality, corrupt, putrefy, fester.