mortifying

1.To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit.

使懊恼,使受屈辱,使迫。

2.The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities.

对未来苦难了解压抑了目前喜悦。

3.The teacher was mortified by his inability to answer the question.

老师因为自己答不出这个问题而感到羞怒。