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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4745 COCA: 4100

dignity

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dig·ni·ty /ˈdɪɡnəti/ ●●○ noun [uncountableU]  
1  PRIDE/SELF-RESPECTthe ability to behave in a calm controlled way even in a difficult situation 庄重，尊严，体面
with dignity
 The family faced their ordeal with dignity.
这一家人在磨难面前不失尊严。
 an appearance of quiet dignity
肃穆的神态
2  your dignity PRIDE/SELF-RESPECTyour sense of your own value or importance 你的自尊心
retain/lose your dignity
 Old people need to retain their dignity and independence.
老年人需要保持自尊和独立。
 Arguing was beneath her dignity (=was something she thought she was too important to do).
她觉得争吵有失体面。
Examples from the Corpus
was beneath ... dignity• It was as if, in some strange way, it was beneath his dignity to take an interest in her.• He made it quite clear that much speech was beneath his dignity.
3  the fact of being respected or deserving respect 尊贵，尊严
with dignity
 Patients should be allowed to die with dignity.
应该允许病人死得有尊严。
 Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity.
对待囚犯应该考虑到人的尊严。
4  PEACEFULa calm and serious quality 庄严
dignity of
 the dignity of the occasion
这一场合的庄严
5. stand on your dignity formalPRIDE/SELF-RESPECT to demand to be treated with proper respect 要求受到礼遇
Examples from the Corpus
dignity• Juana Alvarez was a woman of compassion and dignity.• It may lend a certain dignity to the whole transaction but is notoriously slow.• Chichester, by contrast, acquired a considerable dignity from its role as a religious centre.• Oh, no! that would be beneath her dignity.• She lost her home and all her money, but she never lost her dignity.• Penn is granted human dignity by Sarandon, the nun who gently coaxes him into his own redemption.• Both solemn and very funny, it insistently finds poetry in the projects, dignity on the street.• This was based on an explicit philosophy of preserving the dignity and independence of patients.• Lawyers must respect the dignity of the court.• Very sick people should be allowed to die with dignity.• She also was pregnant, but she bore her troubles with dignity and we all admired her very much.
human dignity• And when his human dignity was gone, his innocence sullied, he felt something sharp plunge into his chest.• She was spared the trauma of dinner, the object lesson in human dignity, and the smoke of Revolution.• This belief runs counter both to demographics and to the demands of human dignity.• One is the notion of human dignity which has come to pervade modern ethical and social thought in the West.• Regulated, socialised economies trample on human dignity, despoil the natural environment and depress economic performance.• It is simply a matter of reasonable human dignity.• The real issue, they predict, will boil down to fairness and simple human dignity.• In the prison camp, it was hard to retain some human dignity.• The relationship struck at the very roots of their human dignity.
Origin dignity
(1100-1200) Old French dignité, from Latin dignitas “worth”, from dignus “deserving admiration”
dig·ni·ty noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4745 COCA: 4100
dignity

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIGNITY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤enormous, great極為莊重▸➤calm, quiet平靜的莊重◇She spoke to him with quiet dignity.她以平靜莊重的語氣對他說話。➤human, personal人的尊嚴；個人尊嚴◇the importance of human dignity個人尊嚴的重要性VERB + DIGNITY➤have, possess具有尊嚴◇These people have enormous dignity.這些人極具尊嚴。➤keep, maintain, preserve, protect, retain保持／維護／維持／保護／保留尊嚴◇We all want to maintain our dignity in old age.我們都想在老年時能保持尊嚴。➤give sb給予某人尊嚴◇Being treated in the privacy of your own room gives you more dignity.在私人房間裏接受治療可以讓你有更多的尊嚴。➤bring帶來尊嚴◇He brings a quiet dignity to the role.他賦予角色一種平靜的莊嚴。➤regain, restore恢復尊嚴▸➤respect尊重尊嚴▸➤lose喪失尊嚴◇The awful thing about old age is losing your dignity.上了年紀很糟糕的就是喪失尊嚴。➤destroy, rob sb of, strip sb of踐踏尊嚴；剝奪某人的尊嚴◇Slavery destroys human dignity.奴隸制踐踏人的尊嚴。◇Keeping prisoners in such dreadful conditions strips them of all dignity.把犯人關押在條件如此惡劣的地方簡直讓他們尊嚴盡失。➤muster撑面子◇With as much dignity as he could muster, he left the room.他盡量保持風度地離開了房間。PREPOSITION➤below sb's dignity, beneath sb's dignity有失某人的體面◇He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.他明顯認為幹體力活兒有失他的身分。➤with dignity體面地◇the right to die with dignity體面離世的權利PHRASES➤an air of dignity尊貴的風度◇His aristocratic voice gives him an air of dignity and power.他那貴族似的嗓音賦予他一種尊貴顯赫、身居高位的氣質。➤a lack of dignity缺少尊嚴➤a loss of dignity喪失體面◇He hoped that he could change his mind without loss of dignity.他希望自己可以不失體面地改變主意。➤a sense of dignity尊嚴感◇She had a strong sense of dignity.她自尊心很強。➤with your dignity intact不損尊嚴地◇He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.他需要一條可不失尊嚴的退路。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4745 COCA: 4100
dignity

noun

dignity ♦︎ ego ♦︎ pride ♦︎ self-esteem ♦︎ feelings ♦︎ self-respect ♦︎ self-image ♦︎ sensibilitiesThese are all words for your sense of yourself, your own importance and value. 这些词均表示人的自尊、尊严和价值。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆injured dignity / pride / self-esteem / feelings◆wounded ego / pride / self-esteem / feelings◆personal dignity / pride / self-esteem / feelings◆professional dignity / pride / self-respect◆to damage sb's dignity / ego / pride / self-esteem / self-respect◆to hurt sb's pride / feelings◆to bolster sb's ego / pride / self-esteem / self-image◆to boost sb's ego / self-esteem / self-respect / self-image◆to restore sb's dignity / pride / self-esteem / self-respect◆to lose / keep sb's dignity / pride / self-respect◆a loss of dignity / pride / self-esteem◆a lack of dignity / ego / self-esteem■ dignity ˈdɪgnəti [uncountable] the sense you have of your own importance and value and of other people's respect for you 自尊；自豪；尊严◆It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.一个无家无业的人难以保持自己的尊严。◆He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.他需要以一种方式退出而又不失尊严。  see also dignified ⇨ proud 1 ■ ego ˈiːgəʊ, ˈegəʊ; NAmE ˈiːgoʊ(plural egos) [countable, uncountable] (sometimes disapproving) the opinion that you have of your own importance and value 自我价值感；自信心◆He has the biggest ego of anyone I've ever met.他是我所见过的最自负的人。◆Winning the prize really boosted her ego (= made her feel more confident).获得这个奖项大大增强了她的自信心。◆It was a huge blow to his ego to find out he was so unpopular.发现自己这么不受欢迎对他的自我价值感是个巨大打击。  see also egoism ⇨ pride ■ pride [uncountable] a feeling of respecting yourself and wanting other people to respect you too 自尊心；自尊；尊严◆She refused their help out of pride.她出于自尊拒绝了他们的帮助。◆Pride would not allow him to accept the money.自尊心不容他接受这笔钱。◆It's time to swallow your pride (= hide your feelings of pride) and ask for help.这时候你应该收起自尊，请求帮助。  see also proud ⇨ proud 1 ■ ˌself-eˈsteem ɪˈstiːm [uncountable] a feeling of being happy with and confident about your own character and abilities; the way you feel about yourself 自尊；自尊心◆Some children suffer from low self-esteem and expect to do badly.有些孩子自尊心不足，对自己的期望值很低。◆You need to build your self-esteem.你需要树立自尊心。  see also esteem ⇨ admiration ■ feelings [plural] a person's emotional state, especially the extent to which they are offended, upset or embarrassed by sth 情感；感情◆I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.我不是故意要伤害你的感情。◆I kept off the subject of divorce so as to spare her feelings.我避开离婚这个话题，以免触及她的感情。■ ˌself-reˈspect [uncountable] a feeling of respect for yourself and that what you do and say is right and valuable 自尊；自尊心◆Despite poverty and appalling conditions, these people still manage to keep their dignity and self-respect.虽然面对贫穷和恶劣条件，这些人仍然设法保持自己的尊严和自尊。  see also self-respecting ⇨ proud 1 ■ ˌself-ˈimage [countable, usually singular, uncountable] the opinion or idea that you have of yourself, especially of your appearance or abilities 自我形象，自我印象（尤指外表或能力）◆It's very easy to get a negative self-image and lose confidence.人很容易产生负面的自我形象而失去信心。■ sensibilities ˌsensəˈbɪlətiz [plural] (rather formal, written) a person's feelings about what is important to them, especially when they are easily offended or influenced （尤指易受伤害或影响的）感情◆The article offended her religious sensibilities.那篇文章伤害了她的宗教感情。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4745 COCA: 4100

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