Mortification

(noun.) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself).

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• If that were true, Celia, my giving-up would be self-indulgence, not self-mortification. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This was a matter of diversion to my master and his family, as well as of mortification to myself. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Rosamond's cheeks by this time were persistently burning, and she felt much mortification. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Particularly significant are the stories that represent him as discouraging extreme mortification. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They were combined only of anger against herself, mortification, and deep concern. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He was a coward, from head to foot; and showed his dastardly nature through his sullenness and mortification, as much as at any time of his mean life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And moreover, she was afraid her hands were too large, she shrank from the mortification of a failure to put them on any but her little finger. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• As she hurried to Mrs. Boucher's, she heard the clang, and it seemed to fill up the measure of her mortification. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Firstly, it's enough to have been done, without the mortification of being known to have been done. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I meant to take her away from the mortification she was suffering here. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I tried both ways, and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe, he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Mrs. Weston said no more; and Emma could imagine with what surprize and mortification she must be returning to her seat. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The first two dances, however, brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• What is the trifling mortification of my pride compared to the dreadful sacrifice of your happiness? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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