mortify

vt. 抑制, 苦修, 使受辱
vi. 禁欲, 苦修

动词过去式:mortified 过去分词:mortified 现在分词:mortifying 第三人称单数:mortifies 

mor.ti.fy

v.（动词）
mor.ti.fied,mor.ti.fy.ing,mor.ti.fies
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.
使丢脸：使经受羞辱、挫折或窘迫；侮辱
To discipline (one`s body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.
抑制：通过克己或自我苦行的方式抑制（一个人的身体或物质欲望）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.
克制：贯彻克己原则或身体及其欲望的克己
Pathology To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.
【病理学】 变得坏死；变成坏疽或枯斑

来源：
Middle English mortifien [to deaden, subdue]
中古英语 mortifien [消除，压制]
from Old French mortifier
源自 古法语 mortifier
from Latin mortific3re [to kill]
源自 拉丁语 mortific3re [杀]
mors mort- [death] * see mer-
mors mort- [死] *参见 mer-
-fic3re [-fy]
-fic3re [后缀，表.…化.]