mortify the flesh 中文意思是什麼

mortify the flesh 解釋
禁慾
  • mortify : vt. ,vi. 1. 抑制(情慾等)。2. 使悔恨,使感恥辱;傷害(感情)。3. 【醫學】(使)患脫疽。4. 【植物;植物學】生枯斑,壞死。
  • the : 〈代表用法〉…那樣的東西,…那種東西。1 〈用單數普通名詞代表它的一類時(所謂代表的單數)〉 (a) 〈...
  • flesh : n 1 肉;肉食〈現多說 meat〉; (和魚肉 fish、 鳥肉 fowl 區別說的)獸肉。2 肉體;肌膚。3 肉慾,情...
  1. Madam, he pursued, i have a master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world : my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh ; to teach them to clothe themselves with shame - facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel ; and each of the young persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaits which vanity itself might have woven ; these, i repeat, must be cut off ; think of the time wasted, of - mr. brocklehurst was here interrupted : three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room

    我的使命是節制這些姑娘的肉慾,教導她們衣著要謙卑克制,不梳辮子,不穿貴重衣服。而我們面前的每個年輕人,出於虛榮都把一束束頭發編成了辮子。我再說一遍,這些頭發必須剪掉,想一想為此而浪費的時間,想」
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