dignity
noun /ˈdɪɡnəti/
/ˈdɪɡnəti/
Idioms 庄重;庄严;尊严 - She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.
她大度地接受了批评。 - He brings a quiet dignity to the role.
他赋予角色一种平静的庄严。 - His aristocratic voice gives him an air of dignity and power.
他那贵族似的嗓音赋予他一种尊贵显赫、身居高位的气质。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- great
- calm
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- have
- possess
- keep
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- below somebody’s dignity
- beneath somebody’s dignity
- with dignity
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- an air of dignity
- a lack of dignity
- a loss of dignity
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- She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.
尊贵;高贵;高尚 - 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。
- We felt that the way she was treated was lacking in dignity.
我们感到她受到的待遇令她丧失尊严。 - Slavery destroys human dignity.
奴隶制践踏人的尊严。 - Keeping prisoners in such dreadful conditions strips them of all dignity.
把犯人关押在条件如此恶劣的地方简直让他们尊严尽失。 - The awful thing about old age is losing your dignity.
上了年纪很糟糕的就是丧失尊严。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- great
- calm
- …
- have
- possess
- keep
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- below somebody’s dignity
- beneath somebody’s dignity
- with dignity
- …
- an air of dignity
- a lack of dignity
- a loss of dignity
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- the dignity of work
自豪;自尊;自重 - 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。
- She had a strong sense of dignity.
她自尊心很强。 - These people have enormous dignity.
这些人极具尊严。 - Money means independence and personal dignity.
金钱意味着独立和个人尊严。 - We all want to maintain our dignity in old age.
我们都想在老年时能保持尊严。 - He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.
他需要以一种方式退出而又不失尊严。 - With as much dignity as he could muster, he left the room.
他尽量保持风度地离开了房间。 - He hoped that he could change his mind without loss of dignity.
他希望自己可以不失体面地改变主意。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- great
- calm
- …
- have
- possess
- keep
- …
- below somebody’s dignity
- beneath somebody’s dignity
- with dignity
- …
- an air of dignity
- a lack of dignity
- a loss of dignity
- …
- It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.
词源Middle English: from Old French dignete, from Latin dignitas, from dignus ‘worthy’.
Idioms
beneath your dignity
- below what you see as your own importance or worth
有失尊严;有失身份;有失体面 - He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.
他明显认为干体力活儿有失他的身分。
- He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.
stand on your dignity
- (formal) to demand to be treated with the respect that you think that you deserve
要求受到应有的礼遇;保持尊严 - Our teacher never stands on her dignity with us, but treats us all as friends and colleagues.
我们的老师从来不和我们站在一起,而是把我们都当成朋友和同事。 - She was never one to stand on her dignity.
她从来就不是个端架子的人。
- Our teacher never stands on her dignity with us, but treats us all as friends and colleagues.