dignity  /d'ɪgnəti/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  dignity
  尊嚴,面子,高貴

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Dignity \Dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Dignities}. [OE. dignete, dignite,
     OF. dignet['e], dignit['e], F. dignit['e], fr. L. dignitas,
     from dignus worthy. See {Dainty}, {Deign}.]
     1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind
        or character; true worth; excellence.
  
     2. Elevation; grandeur.
  
              The dignity of this act was worth the audience of
              kings.                                --Shak.
  
     3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political
        or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment;
        exaltation. --Macaulay.
  
              And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been
              done to Mordecai for this?            --Esth. vi. 3.
  
              Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency
              of dignity, and the excellency of power. --Gen.
                                                    xlix. 3.
  
     4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness
        and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of ??en,
        manner, style, etc.
  
              A letter written with singular energy and dignity of
              thought ??d language.                 --Macaulay.
  
     5. One holding high rank; a dignitary.
  
              These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities.
                                                    --Jude. 8.
  
     6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.]
  
              Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles
              known by themselves.                  --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
  
     Syn: See {Decorum}.
  
     {To stand upon one's dignity}, to have or to affect a high
        notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
  
              They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give
              their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as
              fine as anybody else.                 --R. G. White.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  dignity
       n 1: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was
            beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity
            when under pressure" [syn: {self-respect}, {self-esteem},
             {self-regard}]
       2: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
          dignity" [syn: {lordliness}, {gravitas}]
       3: high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of
          the emissaries"

資料來源(4): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]

  dignity
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