dignity

英 ['dɪɡnəti] 美 ['dɪɡnəti]

• n. 尊严；高贵；端庄

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]庄严,端庄,尊严

   calmness, formality, and seriousness of manner or style

2. [U]高尚,尊贵,高贵

   goodness and nobleness of character, of a kind that makes people feel respect and admiration

3. [C]高位,显职,封号

   a high position, rand, or title

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 尊严，自尊
2. 庄严（的气势），威严
3. 尊贵，高贵
4. 高位，显职，高官显贵
5. 高尚
6. 体面，端庄
7. 威风，威望，威仪，气派
8. 自爱
9. 自豪

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He would do nothing beneath his dignity.
   他决不愿意干任何有损自身尊严的事。
2. The real dignity of a man lies in what he is, not in what he has.
   一个人的真正尊严在于他的品格，而非他的财富。
3. A man's dignity depends not upon his wealth but upon his character.
   人高尚与否不取决於他的财富,而取决於他的品格。
4. She bears herself with dignity.
   她举止庄重大方。
5. There was something impressive about Julia's quiet dignity.
   朱丽亚的宁静端庄给人印象很深。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. He's afraid of losing dignity and won't speak a foreign language.
   他怕失去尊严,因此不愿说外国话。
3. The real dignity of a man lies in what he is, not in what he has.
   一个人真正的高尚在于他是什么样的人,而不在于他拥有什么。
4. He was a person high in dignity.
   他是个位高权重的人。

经典引文

• I recollect no work of any dignity which has been lately published.

  出自： T. Jefferson

• Steel workers..prayed with the Pope..while he spoke of the dignity of labour.

  出自：Economist

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

beneath one's dignity

有失身份 below one's social, moral, etc. standards

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• confer a dignity 授予封号
• maintain dignity 不失尊严

形容词+～

• great dignity 仪态万方

～+介词

• the dignity of manual labor 手工的高尚

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的dignitas，意为尊贵。

近反义词

【近义词】

• honor