dignity

dignity

英 ['dɪgnɪtɪ]
　　美 ['dɪɡnəti]

n. 尊嚴；高貴

中文詞源：

dignity 高貴，尊嚴

來自PIE*deik, 接受，體面，得體，詞源同decent, doctor.

例句：

1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
如此維持一個人的生命是對人類尊嚴的冒犯。

2. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.
她是個自尊心很強的人，絕不會自貶身份去寫匿名信。

3. He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude.
他憑借超乎常人的保持生命尊嚴的信念和頑強意志力忍受著各種病痛的折磨。

4. She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.
失去瞭美貌和尊嚴，她看上去糟透瞭。

5. There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself.
他舉止優雅而莊重。