dignity

英 ['d?gn?t?] 美['d?ɡn?ti]

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復(fù)數(shù):?dignities;

dignity 高貴，尊嚴(yán)

來自PIE*deik, 接受，體面，得體，詞源同decent, doctor.

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).

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。

2. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.: 她是個自尊心很強(qiáng)的人，絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。

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(qiáng)意志力忍受著各種病痛的折磨。

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。

5. There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.: 他舉止優(yōu)雅而莊重。