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dignity noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIGNITY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEenormous, great 极为庄重calm, quiet 平静的庄重◆She spoke to him with quiet dignity.她以平静庄重的语气对他说话。human, personal 人的尊严；个人尊严◆the importance of human dignity个人尊严的重要性VERB + DIGNITYhave, possess 具有尊严◆These people have enormous dignity.这些人极具尊严。keep, maintain, preserve, protect, retain 保持／维护／维持／保护／保留尊严◆We all want to maintain our dignity in old age.我们都想在老年时能保持尊严。give sb 给予某人尊严◆Being treated in the privacy of your own room gives you more dignity.在私人房间里接受治疗可以让你有更多的尊严。bring 带来尊严◆He brings a quiet dignity to the role.他赋予角色一种平静的庄严。regain, restore 恢复尊严respect 尊重尊严lose 丧失尊严◆The awful thing about old age is losing your dignity.上了年纪很糟糕的就是丧失尊严。destroy, rob sb of, strip sb of 践踏尊严；剥夺某人的尊严◆Slavery destroys human dignity.奴隶制践踏人的尊严。◆Keeping prisoners in such dreadful conditions strips them of all dignity.把犯人关押在条件如此恶劣的地方简直让他们尊严尽失。muster 撑面子◆With as much dignity as he could muster, he left the room.他尽量保持风度地离开了房间。PREPOSITIONbelow sb's dignity (especially NAmE) , beneath sb's dignity 有失某人的体面◆He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.他明显认为干体力活儿有失他的身份。with dignity 体面地◆the right to die with dignity体面离世的权利PHRASESan air of dignity 尊贵的风度◆His aristocratic voice gives him an air of dignity and power.他那贵族似的嗓音赋予他一种尊贵显赫、身居高位的气质。a lack of dignity 缺少尊严a loss of dignity 丧失体面◆He hoped that he could change his mind without loss of dignity.他希望自己可以不失体面地改变主意。a sense of dignity 尊严感◆She had a strong sense of dignity.她自尊心很强。with your dignity intact 不损尊严地◆He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.他需要一条可不失尊严的退路。 |