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mortify

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–verb (used with object)
1. to humiliate or shame,
as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.

2. to subjugate (征服,克制) (the body, passions, etc.)
by abstinence,【宗】禁食
ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.

3. Pathology. to affect with gangrene (壞疽) or necrosis.【醫】使變成壞疽
cf. gangling

–verb (used without object)
4. to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities. (嚴厲,禁慾生活)
5. Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.

—Synonyms
1. humble, abase. (使謙卑) 2. subdue, restrain.


　
Above sequence, which is not in the book, has the effect of visually underscoring the conflict and

further delineating Mark's and Daniel's own bitter history,
but
it reduces her friends to a simpering [chorus].

Other sequences memorable from the book are re-created with mixed success, including Bridget's arrival at a "Tarts and Vicars" party

in full Playboy bunny regalia, (有時用作單數) 王位(或官階) 標誌王權禮服

[mortified] to discover the party theme had been changed, and an infamous scene that finds Bridget trying to scurry [up] a fire pole.


Stoic
asceticism abstinence
Tony

relinguish (compelled)
cf. renounce (formally, voluntary)
abandon (further)
rebuke
reproach (faultfinding, shaming)
rebuke (formally, officially)
scold (at length, irritation)
reprove (milder)
Castigate

tonsil litis hepatitis
slough pustule
Fray