dignify
dignify 英 [ˈdɪgnɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈdɪɡnəˌfaɪ]
vt. 使高贵；增威严；授以荣誉
进行时:dignifying 过去式:dignified 过去分词:dignified 第三人称单数:dignifies
- To dignify is to grant nobility or respect to something. Dignifying raises the status of things.
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- vt. 使高贵；增威严；授以荣誉
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1. When you ban something like this, you only dignify it with significance.
在禁止类似的东西时候，只会提升他的重要性。
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2. Alas, I am loath to cheapen her existence and dignify the city’s anti-cat stance by creating a dog-like defense for her.
哎，我讨厌用狗一般的姿态保护玛贝尔，这简直就是在贬低她的存在，助长这个城市讨伐猫咪的声音。
- dignify (v.) mid-15c., from Middle French dignifier, from Medieval Latin dignificare "make worthy," from Latin dignus "worthy, proper, fitting" (from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept") + -ficare, combining form of facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Related: Dignification; dignified; dignifying.
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