| 词组 | stand on one's dignity |
| 释义 | (redirected from stand on one's dignity)stand on (one's) dignity1. To maintain one's dignity or propriety when faced with challenges. It's hard to stand on your dignity when you've lost all of your worldly possessions. 2. To demand better treatment than others are given. I can't believe he's trying to stand on his dignity and get us to call him "sir" when we all have more seniority than him. stand on one's dignityto remain dignified in spite of difficulties. I will stand on my dignity to the very end. she stood on her dignity and ignored all the nonsense going on around her. stand on your dignityinsist on being treated with due respect.ˌstand on your ˈdignity(formal) say firmly that you wish to be treated with the respect that you deserve: The teacher stood on his dignity and insisted that the students be punished for being rude to him. |
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