mortification
英[,m??t?f?'ke??n]
美
- n. 屈辱；禁欲；壞疽
英英釋意
- 1. strong feelings of embarrassment
- 2. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- 3. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect;
- "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
- 4. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)