indignity
indignity 英 [ɪnˈdɪgnəti] 美 [ɪnˈdɪɡnɪti]
n. 侮辱；轻蔑；有伤尊严；无礼举动
名词复数:indignities
- An indignity is something embarrassing. An indignity is usually something that happens to us rather than something we do ourselves.
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- n. 侮辱；轻蔑；有伤尊严；无礼举动
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1. I repeatedly have to suffer the indignity of telling people that I live with my parents.
我再三地忍受到侮辱，告诉他们我现在和我的双亲一起生活。
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2. I was very young:the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.
我当时很年轻，我要在一个女人手下工作，这对我简直是最大的侮辱。
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3. Somewhat disappointed that he did not fight the insolent youth, the students gathered around the old master and questioned him. “How could you endure such an indignity?
大师没有向无礼的年轻人动手，对此，门生们有点儿失望，围过来问他：“您怎能忍受这样的侮辱呢？
- indignity (n.) "unworthy treatment; act intended to lower the dignity of another," 1580s, from Latin indignitatem (nominative indignitas) "unworthiness, meanness, baseness," also "unworthy conduct, an outrage," noun of quality from indignus "unworthy," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + dignus "worth (n.), worthy, proper, fitting," from PIE *dek-no-, suffixed form of root *dek- "to take, accept." Related: Indignities.
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