dignity

英 ['dɪgnɪtɪ] 美['dɪɡnəti]

n. 尊严；高贵

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中文词源

dignity 高贵，尊严

来自PIE*deik, 接受，体面，得体，词源同decent, doctor.

词态变化

复数: dignities;

英文词源

dignity: dignity: [13] Dignity comes via Old French dignete from Latin dignitās, a derivative of dignus ‘worthy’. Also from the same source was Latin dignāre (source of English deign and its derivative disdain) and late Latin dignificāre (source of English dignify [15]). Dignus itself probably came from an earlier unrecorded *decnus ‘suitable, fitting’, a derivative of the verb decere, which produced English decent. Other related words in English include condign [15] and indignant [16], while dignitās also produced, via a different line of descent, English dainty.
=> condign, dainty, deign, disdain, indignant
dignity (n.): early 13c., from Old French dignite "dignity, privilege, honor," from Latin dignitatem (nominative dignitas) "worthiness," from dignus "worth (n.), worthy, proper, fitting" from PIE *dek-no-, from root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent).

双语例句

1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.: 如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。

2. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.: 她是个自尊心很强的人，绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。

3. He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.: 他凭借超乎常人的保持生命尊严的信念和顽强意志力忍受着各种病痛的折磨。

4. She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.: 失去了美貌和尊严，她看上去糟透了。

5. There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.: 他举止优雅而庄重。

英英释意

1. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect;: "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"

2. formality in bearing and appearance;: "he behaved with great dignity"

3. high office or rank or station;: "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

考试真题

Some people sacrifice their dignity for money.

Milkman says, "that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the workers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory.

In Ruth Milkman's opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hours in order to regain their dignity

By looking at us, listening to us, giving us a sense of dignity, papa was unquestionably our most influential teacher.

实用场景例句

She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.: 她大度地接受了批评。

the dignity of work: 工作的光荣

The terminally ill should be allowed to die with dignity.: 应该允许垂危病人死得有尊严。

It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.: 一个无家无业的人难以保持自己的尊严。

...her extraordinary dignity and composure.: 她那种端庄沉着的非凡气质

...the sense of human dignity.: 人的高尚感

...the integrity and the dignity of our lives and feelings.: 我们的生命以及情感的完整统一和尊贵庄严

If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose dignity, but will gain respect...: 如果你错了，那就承认。你不会因此而失去尊严，反而会赢得尊重。

She still has her dignity.: 她仍然保持着自己的尊严。

We must forever conduct our struggle onthe high plane of dignity and discipline.: 我们切不要吞饮仇恨辛酸的苦酒,来解除对于自由的饮渴.

Maintains the Chinese outflow cultural relic the sovereignty dignity!: 维护中国流失文物的主权尊严!

The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter.: 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱,做了厨房搬运工的工作.

The act would be below the national dignity.: 这种行为有失国格.

Only a truly free person has human dignity.: 只有真正自由的人才具有人的尊严.

The dignity of the occasion was spoilt when she fell down the steps.: 她跌倒在台阶上,破坏了该场合的庄严气氛.

A man's dignity depends not upon his wealth or rank but upon his character.: 人的真正价值不在财富或地位,而在他的品格.

The real dignity of a man lies in what he is, not in what he has.: 一个人真正的高贵之处在于他是什么样的人, 而不在于他拥有什么.

He considered the job beneath his dignity.: 他认为这种工作有失身份.

Peter swept in, with his dignity and insolence.: 彼得神气十足, 目空一切地走了进来.

He did it without compromise of his dignity.: 他做这事而不损及他的尊严.

Quiet dignity under fire , real class.: 遭到攻击时表现出的沉默尊严真是高招.

She always comports herself with great dignity.: 她的举止总是很端庄。

She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.: 她大度地接受了批评。

I struggled to regain some dignity.: 我努力恢复自己的一点儿尊严。

It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.: 如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。

If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose dignity, but will gain respect.: 如果你错了，那就承认。你不会因此而失去尊严，反而会赢得尊重。

She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.: 她是个自尊心很强的人，绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。

He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.: 他凭借超乎常人的保持生命尊严的信念和顽强意志力忍受着各种病痛的折磨。

They carried themselves with great pride and dignity.: 他们举手投足间透着傲气和高贵。

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