a martyred look/expression/air etcespecially British EnglishBrESUFFER an unhappy look or expression that is intended to make other people feel sorry for you 〔为博取他人同情而显现的〕可怜的神色/表情/神态等
He did not reply, but got into the car glumly, with a martyred expression.
他没有回答,而是闷闷不乐地上了车,脸上一副可怜兮兮的表情。
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a martyred look/expression/air etc• He did not reply, but got into the car glumly, with a martyred air.
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martyred• He did not reply, but got into the car glumly, with a martyred air.• There, funerals for the martyred and the massacred have been a daily fact of life.• The taste was too strong, and brought the memories of martyredanimals into her mind.• She was a small, emaciated mouse who wore a perpetually martyredexpression.• I gave the money to a thankfully dumb-struck fiddle-player on Sauchiehall Street and walked away feeling like some sort of martyredsaint.• He claims the Bishopjustified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints.• A parade of martyred scientists would show by whose hands the realerrors had been committed.