If you are mortified, you feel extremely ashamed, embarrassed, or offended — far past a little awkward. Your face may go hot; you may want to hide.

If you are mortified如果你mortified（羞愧到極點） you feel extremely ashamed, embarrassed, or offended你會覺得非常羞愧、尷尬或被冒犯 — far past a little awkward——遠遠超過只是有點尷尬而已。 Your face may go hot你的臉可能會發燙 ; you may want to hide；你可能會想躲起來。

People say it about social mistakes: calling someone by the wrong name, a phone ringing in a quiet hall, a parent telling a childhood story.

People say it about social mistakes人們會用這個字講社交上的失誤 : calling someone by the wrong name：叫錯別人的名字 , a phone ringing in a quiet hall，在安靜的大廳裡手機響起來 , a parent telling a childhood story，爸媽講出你小時候的糗事。

It is the usual everyday form of this idea; the matching noun mortification sounds stiffer. Mortifying describes the thing that caused the feeling (“a mortifying mistake”).

It is the usual everyday form of this idea它是這個概念最常見的日常用法 ; the matching noun mortification；對應的名詞mortification sounds stiffer聽起來比較生硬。 Mortifying describes the thing that caused the feelingMortifying則是用來形容造成這種感覺的東西 (“a mortifying mistake”)（像「a mortifying mistake，一個讓人羞愧到不行的錯誤」）。

In modern talk it is not about death, though the old root is about dying or killing pride, which is why it is such a heavy word for shame.

In modern talk it is not about death在現代用法裡它跟死亡沒有關係 , though the old root is about dying or killing pride，不過它古老的字根跟「死去」或「扼殺自尊」有關 , which is why it is such a heavy word for shame，這就是為什麼它是這麼重的一個表達羞愧的字。