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to make somebody feel very ashamed or embarrassed 使难堪；使羞愧 - be mortified
I was mortified when I realized I had forgotten our lunch date. 当我发现忘记了我们约好那天一起吃午餐这件事时，我挺不好意思的。 - be mortified to do something
She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. 她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘put to death’, ‘deaden’, and ‘subdue by self-denial’): from Old French mortifier, from ecclesiastical Latin mortificare ‘kill, subdue’, from mors, mort- ‘death’.- be mortified