英:[ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]
美:[ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]
英:[ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]
美:[ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]
in·dig·ni·ty
ihn dIg nih ti
复数:indignities
"不值得的待遇; 旨在降低他人尊严的行为",来自拉丁语 indignitatem(格 indignitas)"不值得,卑鄙,卑劣",也指"不值得的行为,一种侮辱",是由 indignus "不值得"组成的质量名词,源自 in- "不,相反"(见 in-(1))和 dignus "价值(n.),值得,适当的,合适的",源自 PIE *dek-no-, 词根 *dek- 的后缀形式,意为"接受,认可"。相关词汇: Indignities。
Latin indignitat-, indignitas, from indignus
The first known use of indignity was in 1581
indiscreetadjective
not discreet : imprudent
indiscreetadjective
not discreet : imprudent
indirectadjective
not straight or direct
an indirect route
not straightforward an indirect answer
indirect methods
not having a plainly seen connection
an indirect cause
stating what an original speaker said with changes in wording that make the statement fit grammatically with the rest of the sentence
"that he would call" in "He said that he would call" is in indirect discourse
indirectadjective
not straight or direct
an indirect route
not straightforward an indirect answer
indirect methods
not having a plainly seen connection
an indirect cause
stating what an original speaker said with changes in wording that make the statement fit grammatically with the rest of the sentence
"that he would call" in "He said that he would call" is in indirect discourse
indirectadjective
not straight or direct
an indirect route
not straightforward an indirect answer
indirect methods
not having a plainly seen connection
an indirect cause
stating what an original speaker said with changes in wording that make the statement fit grammatically with the rest of the sentence
"that he would call" in "He said that he would call" is in indirect discourse
indigonoun
a blue dye made artificially and formerly obtained from plants and especially indigo plants
a deep reddish blue
indignitynoun
an act that injures a person's dignity or self-respect : insult
humiliating treatment
1 As I got used to the indignity and the smell, I saw the raccoons cavort around my fireplace and dodge past me.
2 Citizens of a superpower again had to bear the indignity of sugar rations.
超级大国的公民不得不又一次忍受食糖定量供应的羞辱。
3 ‘Will colored Americans suffer still the indignities that have been heaped upon them in the past?’
4 One of the greatest indignities about being old is that people insist on helping you with things like bathing and going to the washroom.
5 The first two Americans to suffer the indignity of defeat made obvious targets.
上述两个遭受失败屈辱美国人明显成为众矢之的。
6 Don’t you remember the singles’ bars, the indignity of high school blind dates?
7 the daily indignities of imprisonment
身陷囹圄每日所带来的侮辱
8 Half the pleasure of getting big, I think, is to thum by our noseat the indignity of getting dignified.
公司壮大的一半乐趣,我认为,是对「先贬后褒」毫不在意。
9 No more begging in the intense sun and rain, and no more indignity.
再也无需雨打日晒地乞讨,再也没有侮辱。
10 Women endure entire lifetimes of these indignities—in the form of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression.
11 My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers— the drug tests, the constant surveillance, being “reamed out” by managers—are part of what keeps wages low.
12 Paul was willing—even eager—to share the well-publicized indignities suffered by the suffragists who had been imprisoned.
13 What new indignity would they think of to subject her to?
14 When the strong healthy boy, howling at the indignity of the birth process, was put to her breast, she felt a wild tenderness for him.
15 This is the key message of Spacey Unmasked, Haywood says: to give men a platform to shed that indignity.
16 Private Cudjo chafed the gentleman’s wrists so they bled, and then tied them fast, that it might appear he had been subject to all the indignities of martial harrassment.
17 Citizens of a superpower again had to bear the indignity of sugar rations.
超级大国的公民不得不又一次忍受食糖定量供应的羞辱.
18 I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.
我当时很年轻: 在一个女人手下工作的前景构成了最大的侮辱.
19 Primary thoroughfares have a way of persisting through the indignities of time—though Manhattan Island has been entirely resurfaced by human hands, the old Indian trail through it persists as Broadway.
20 I was beginning to realize that a black man did not have to accept the dozens of petty indignities directed at him each day.
1 无礼
short fresh offensive rude savage rotten insulting disrespectful sassy saucy pert flippant impolite snotty insolent out-of-the-way immodest impertinent lippy unceremonious ungracious indelicate uncomplimentary unmannerly unmannered unhandsome uncourtly clodhopping unpolite ungraciously impudently uncivilly unhandsomely uncourtliness sauce offense cheek disrespect presumption shortness insolence incivility impertinence brusqueness immodesty flippancy solecism indelicacy indecorum ill-breeding flip free cool brief crude cheeky brash brazen cocky PERT impudent unchivalrous front crust discourtesy malapert offenseful rough dirty offhand gruff churlish disobliging contumelious offhanded solecistic affrontive freshly sideways injury slight gut outrage affront irreverence porky snash
3 耻辱
shame stigma disgrace blot strife ignominy dishonour opprobrium obloquy ignominious stigmatic reflection contempt contumely
4 不名誉
black infamous disgraceful dishonorable ignominious degrading inglorious discreditable scandal disgrace infamy dishonor ignominy opprobrium odium
5 轻蔑
derogatory dismissive pejorative scornful disdainful slighting despiteful dismissively scornfully insultingly pejoratively slightingly despite contempt disdain scorn sneer flout disparagement disesteem despise contemn have a mean opinion of have in contempt hold in contempt contemptuous snippy slight disfavor scout decry disparage disvalue slur hold in scorn snap finger at think scorn of derisive misprision wither sardonic deprecating sniffy disrespect cock a snook at disparaging opprobrium snorty snifty slightly lightly disparagingly contemptible sniffish despiteous askew schm- hissing derogation floccinaucinihilipilification flush disprize
6 侮辱
offensive insulting injurious opprobrious slighting affrontedness injury abuse wound offense insult slap outrage libel affront contumely slight shame dishonor disesteem cast a slur on cast a slur upon cast slurs at put a slur on put a slur upon throw a slur on throw a slur upon throw slurs at do a number on lese majesté derogatory insolence gall a slap in the face verbal opprobrium brickbat snash slag degrade defile blackguard contemn slap in the face insolent despiteful slur flout gird gibe blister disparage traduce smirch attaint put a slight upon bring discredit on wipe boots on uncomplimentary contumelious desecrate dishonour be rude to kick in the pants offence unkind affrontive abusive despite slam wrong offend invective despiteous brick hotfoot insultation diss denigrate defame spit on