dignity
UK ['dɪg.nɪ.ti] US [-ə.tˌi] noun uncountable
ADVANCED
■calm, serious and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you 庄重，端庄；尊严•He is a man of dignity and calm determination.他是个沉稳、冷静而果断的人。 •She has a quiet dignity about her.她身上有一种恬静端庄的气质。 •He longs for a society in which the dignity of all people is recognized.他渴望看到一个人人都有尊严的社会。 •I think everyone should be able to die with dignity.我认为每个人都应该死得有尊严。 ADVANCED
■the opinion that you have of the standard of your own importance and value 自尊，自尊心•How could you wear something so indecent? Have you no dignity?你怎么能穿这种不正经的东西呢？你还有没有一点自尊？ •In hospital, she felt stripped of all her dignity.她感觉自己在医院里被剥夺了所有的自尊。
UK ['dɪg.nɪ.ti] US [-ə.tˌi] noun uncountable
beneath your dignity
■If something is beneath your dignity, you feel that you are too important to do it 有失体面，有失身份；有损形象•Cleaning of any description he felt was beneath his dignity.他觉得干任何清洁工作都有失自己的体面。 |