记忆方法
将“indignity”分解为“in”和“dignity”。记忆方法是想象“in”字代表否定，即“没有尊严”，从而联想到“indignity”这个词表示的是一种不尊严、羞辱或贬低的状态。
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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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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。
- 2. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms.
- 囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
- 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。
- 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.
- 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.