Dignify
['dɪgnɪfaɪ] or ['dɪɡnɪfaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) raise the status of; 'I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer'.
埃米莉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.
手打:苏珊
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer to office.[2]. Honor, grace, adorn, give lustre to, add dignity to.
編輯:奥斯本
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Aggrandize, elevate, invest, adorn, exalt, advance, promote, honor
ANT:Degrade, disinvest, humiliate, disgrace
埃斯特拉編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to invest with honour: to exalt:—pr.p. dig′nifying; pa.p. dig′nified.—n. Dignificā′tion.—adj. Dig′nified marked with dignity: exalted: noble: grave.
艾伦整理
例句/造句/用法:
- In short, every one of his faults we either endeavour to extenuate, or dignify it with the name of that virtue, which approaches it. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- You will excuse my landlord, said the old lady with a dignified air. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Nor a drop,' said Mr. Bumble, waving his right hand in a dignified, but placid manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- This boyish notion won no converts, and at the age of eighteen he went on a lecture tour on chemistry, under the dignified title of Dr. Coult. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Though not a garrulous race, the Tharks are extremely formal, and their ways lend themselves amazingly to dignified and courtly manners. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Mr. Bumble made no reply; but in a slow and dignified manner, put his arm round the matron's waist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It has been dignified and liberal. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I have heard, sir,' returned Mrs Wilfer, with a dignified bend of her head, 'of such being the case. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
黛博拉編輯