英语词典 · 单词释义
indignity
英 [ɪn'dɪgnɪtɪ] 美 [ɪn'dɪɡnəti]
这里集中整理“indignity”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 侮辱；轻蔑；有伤尊严；无礼举动
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: indignities;
中文词源
indignity 耻辱，侮辱
in-,不，非，dignity,尊贵，尊严。即使之没有尊严，引申词义耻辱，侮辱。
英文词源
- indignity (n.)
- 1580s, "unworthiness," also "unworthy treatment; act intended to expose someone to contempt," from Latin indignitatem (nominative indignitas) "unworthiness, meanness, baseness," also "unworthy conduct, an outrage," noun of quality from indignus "unworthy" (see indignation). Related: Indignities.
双语例句
- 1. Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters.
- 后来，他不得不极不光彩地避开愤怒的抗议者溜走了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms.
- 囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
- 主席蒙受了被拒于会议之外的侮辱。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Spanking is an indignity to a teenager.
- (用巴掌、拖鞋等)打一个十几岁的孩子,是对他的侮辱.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. For more than a year we have suffered the indignity.
- 在一年多的时间里,我们丢尽了丑.
来自辞典例句