mortified
常見例句
- I was MORTIFIED that they had a handful of my filthy drawings in their clutches.
儅看到他們手裡握滿了我所作的汙穢畫作時,我實在是窘迫極了。 - I was so utterly and totally mortified I have never even spoken of this until now. My dad, thankfully, never mentioned it either.
我從來沒有這麼窘迫過一直到現(xiàn)在我都沒有和我的父親說過這方麪的事。 - With urbanisation, however, comes a state of mind that seeks to deny the very existence of fire—and is then mortified when it happens, and demands action to ensure it never happens again.
但隨著城市化的發(fā)展,出現(xiàn)了這樣一種心態(tài)——試圖否認火災(zāi)的存在——然後一旦發(fā)生火災(zāi),他們便極力滅火,要求採取行動以杜絕火災(zāi)再次發(fā)生。 - Looking back, Tories should be mortified by their slowness in taking New Labour seriously.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot 返回 mortified