She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.
她意識到自己的每句話都被他聽到了，直羞得無地自容。
牛津詞典
How mortifying to have to apologize to him!
要向他道歉，多難為情?。?/p>
牛津詞典
Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
簡離開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"
