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单词 indignity
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indignity
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪnˈdɪɡ.nə.ti/us
/ɪnˈdɪɡ.nə.t̬i/
something thatcausesalossofrespectfor someone or for yourself:
无礼，侮辱；轻蔑；侮辱性言行
They weresubjectedtovariousindignities anddiscomforts,includinghaving to getdressedandundressedinpublic.他们经历了各种有损尊严和令人尴尬的事，包括不得不当众穿衣和脱衣。
Clintsufferedthe indignity of being called "Puppy" infrontof hisgirlfriend.克林特当着女友的面被称为“狗仔”，受到了侮辱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humiliating and degrading
  • abase
  • abasement
  • be under a cloudidiom
  • bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
  • bruisesomeone'segoidiom
  • debase
  • deflate
  • disgraced
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • ignominious
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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(Definition ofindignityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indignity| American Dictionary

indignity
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪnˈdɪɡ·nɪ·t̬i/
lossofrespect, or something thatcausesthis:
[C]Shedescribesthe indignities thatvictimssufferafter acrime.
(Definition ofindignityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindignity

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And, after all, it is a piece aboutindignitybeyond words.
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It was only then that the plight of these people affected by violent wars and forced into a life ofindignitycame into full view.
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The 'can do' culture cannot lecture other forms of society about inefficiencies whilst it has suchindignityat home.
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Even if the crown lawyers decided against a trial, they could visit all manner of indignities upon their victim.
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He vows that only a "sweeping and consummate vengeance for theindignityalone should satisfy him" (49).
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A hospital career offered another alternative but one fraught with professional frustrations and indignities.
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Clearly then, all classes saw catheterization as the least-favoured option, but patients also were unhappy about theindignityassociated with the use of incontinence pads.
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Invasive and futile treatment with multiple injections, tubes, catheters can add furtherindignityin the dying phase, when the elderly may only want to pass away peacefully.
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Kamalakanta's irony, despite its sense ofindignityineradicably mixed with the historical present, had not lost its touch entirely with laughter in the ordinary sense.
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May we all reclaim ourselves as elegantly from the indignities of age and accident.
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Indignity, an acute concern to family and friends, may be quite invisible to the sufferer.
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These problems do not arise when moral responsibility for harm to others is coupled with epistemic responsibility for responding to indignities that should fall short of harm.
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It would have been callous and indifferent to not have inquired about the patient's level of comfort, given the case description of the patient's "unbearable" pain and indignities.
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Whether by euthanasia or natural means, death which ended long-term suffering was legitimated, by all who spoke of it, as a ' merciful release ' - an end to pain andindignity.
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Here we find the needs and resources test, the means test, all the indignities which will have to be suffered by part of our population.
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