dignity
英 [ˈdɪɡnəti]
美 [ˈdɪɡnəti]
n. 庄重; 庄严; 尊严; 尊贵; 高贵; 高尚; 自豪; 自尊; 自重
复数：dignities
Collins.2 / BNC.4745 / COCA.4100
同义词辨析
dignitydecorumnobility【导航词义：得体】
dignityn. 体面，庄重，尊严
〔辨析〕
指临危不惧、镇定自若的品质。
〔例证〕
The captured commander faced the interrogation with dignity.
被俘的指挥官面对审问不失尊严。
She would never do anything beneath her dignity.
她绝不会做任何有失体面的事情。
被俘的指挥官面对审问不失尊严。
She would never do anything beneath her dignity.
她绝不会做任何有失体面的事情。
decorumn. 〈正式〉端庄，得体
〔辨析〕
尤指在某一正式场合下礼貌得体的行为。
〔例证〕
She behaved with decorum at the charity party.
她在慈善宴会上表现得端庄有礼。
Mr. Steel has a good sense of decorum.
史蒂尔先生很懂礼节。
她在慈善宴会上表现得端庄有礼。
Mr. Steel has a good sense of decorum.
史蒂尔先生很懂礼节。
nobilityn. 高贵，崇高
〔辨析〕
指高尚的品质、道德操守等。
〔例证〕
He is widely respected for the nobility of his character.
他因品质高尚而受到广泛尊敬。
She admired the nobility of his intentions.
她钦佩他崇高的志向。
他因品质高尚而受到广泛尊敬。
She admired the nobility of his intentions.
她钦佩他崇高的志向。
习惯用语
n.
- beneath your dignity
- 有失尊严；有失身份；有失体面
below what you see as your own importance or worth stand on your dignity - 要求受到应有的礼遇；保持尊严
to demand to be treated with the respect that you think that you deserve
牛津词典
noun
- 庄重；庄严；尊严
a calm and serious manner that deserves respect- She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.
她大度地接受了批评。
- She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.
- 尊贵；高贵；高尚
the fact of being given honour and respect by people- 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。
- the dignity of work
- 自豪；自尊；自重
a sense of your own importance and value- 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。
- It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 庄严;庄重;端庄
If someone behaves or moves withdignity, they are calm, controlled, and admirable.- ...her extraordinary dignity and composure.
她那种端庄沉着的非凡气质
- ...her extraordinary dignity and composure.
- N-UNCOUNT 尊贵;高贵;高尚
If you talk about thedignityof people or their lives or activities, you mean that they are valuable and worthy of respect.- ...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
- ...the sense of human dignity.
- N-UNCOUNT 尊严;自尊
Yourdignityis the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other people's respect for you.- 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。
- If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose dignity, but will gain respect...
英英释义
noun
- the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
- it was beneath his dignity to cheat
- showed his true dignity when under pressure
- formality in bearing and appearance
- he behaved with great dignity
- high office or rank or station
- he respected the dignity of the emissaries
双语例句
- On Friday he showed neither decency nor dignity. It was an uncommon lapse.
星期五那天他的表现既不得体，又有失尊严。如此失态非常少有。 - I like the freedom and dignity associated with this work.
我喜欢这份工作的自由和尊严。 - He did not consider it a loss of face ( or beneath his dignity) to do these things.
他并不认为干这些事就会有失体面。 - 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。 - Human dignity was denied and trampled upon.
人的尊严遭到了蔑视和践踏。 - Rather than politely lobbying politicians, Gay Dignity will be making its presence felt through demonstrations.
“同性恋尊严”游行活动不会彬彬有礼地向政客们游说，而会通过示威引起关注。 - 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。 - This is an urgent matter of human development, and human dignity.
这是事关人类发展和人类尊严的紧迫问题。 - All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
所有绿色和平组织人士表现出了超乎寻常的克制和大度。 - If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
就算是只想表现出正常的尊严，也会被人认为是骄傲自大。