2N-UNCOUNT 尊贵;高贵;高尚 If you talk about the dignity of people or their lives or activities, you mean that they are valuable and worthy of respect. 尊贵;高贵;高尚
...the sense of human dignity.
人的高尚感
...the integrity and the dignity of our lives and feelings.
我们的生命以及情感的完整统一和尊贵庄严
3N-UNCOUNT 尊严;自尊 Your dignity is the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other people's respect for you. 尊严;自尊
If you were wrong, admit it. You won't lose dignity, but will gain respect.
I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the matGeorge GrossmithThe Diary of a Nobody
Our dignity is not in what we do, but in what we understandGeorge SantayanaWinds of Doctrine
By dignity, I mean the high place attained only when the heart and mind are lifted, equally at once, by the creative union of perception and graceJames ThurberLanterns and Lances
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DIGNITY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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。
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 ⇨ proud1■ego ˈiːgəʊ, ˈegəʊ; NAmEˈiːgoʊ(pluralegos) [countable, uncountable] (sometimesdisapproving) 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 ⇨ proud1■ˌself-eˈsteemɪˈstiːm [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 ⇨ proud1■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] (ratherformal, 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。