dignity

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈdɪɡ.nə.ti]
• 美式音标 [ˈdɪɡ.ə.t̬i]
• 国际音标 ['diɡnəti]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.尊严；高贵；端庄

词源解说

• 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的dignitas，意为尊贵。

词根记忆

• dign(有价值的) + ity→高贵
• dign(有价值的) + ity(名词后缀)→高贵

同根派生

• adj性质的同根词

  dignified：庄严的；有尊严的；高贵的。

• v性质的同根词

  dignified：使高贵（dignify的过去式）。

• vt性质的同根词

  dignify：使高贵；增威严；授以荣誉。

• dignity相关词

英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• The dignity of the occasion was spoilt when she fell down the steps.
  她跌倒在台阶上,破坏了该场合的庄严气氛。

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词组短语

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• confer a dignity 授予封号
• maintain dignity 不失尊严;维护尊严

形容词+～

• great dignity 仪态万方

～+介词

• the dignity of manual labor 手工的高尚

短语

• equal dignity 同等的尊严;同等尊严
• accidental dignity 与得位庙旺
• Without Dignity 失去尊严
• Dignity Heart 尊严之心

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you

柯林斯英英字典

• If someone behaves or moves with dignity, they are calm, controlled, and admirable.
• If you talk about the dignity of people or their lives or activities, you mean that they are valuable and worthy of respect.
• Your dignity is the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other people's respect for you.

• dignity剑桥字典
• dignity柯林斯字典

专业释义

法学

• 尊严

  The right of privacy embodies the dignity and the value of human being.
  隐私权作为人格权的一种，体现了人的尊严和价值。

  文学

• 尊严

  Children are independent human beings with their own dignity and rights.
  儿童是一个独立于成人的个体,有自己的尊严和权利。