dignity
英 ['d?gn?t?]
美['d?ɡn?ti]
- n. 尊嚴(yán)；高貴
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6IELTSGRE中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?dignities;
中文詞源
dignity 高貴，尊嚴(yán)
來自PIE*deik, 接受，體面，得體，詞源同decent, doctor.
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
- 如此維持一個人的生命是對人類尊嚴(yán)的冒犯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
- 她是個自尊心很強的人，絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.
- 他憑借超乎常人的保持生命尊嚴(yán)的信念和頑強意志力忍受著各種病痛的折磨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.
- 失去了美貌和尊嚴(yán)，她看上去糟透了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.
- 他舉止優(yōu)雅而莊重。
來自柯林斯例句