| 词汇 | undignified |
| 释义 | undignified adjective uk /ʌnˈdɪɡ.nɪ.faɪd/ us /ʌnˈdɪɡ.nə.faɪd/ making you look silly and lose people's respect, especially because of not being controlled, serious, or calm: 不庄严的;无尊严的;有损尊严的 There was an undignified scramble for seats on the train.火车上出现了不体面的争抢座位的现象。 We felt it would be undignified to respond to the criticism in the press.我们认为，对媒体的批评作出回应是不体面的。 Compare dignified At that time baseball was considered to be a boys' game and it was thought undignified for grown men to play it. He died a senseless and undignified death. She did not wish to engage in an undignified struggle that she would no doubt lose. In a rather undignified manner, she had to be rescued by a tractor, and was then whisked off to the hospital. Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignobly ignominious ignominiously ignominy shamefulness shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Self-control and moderation Examples of undignifiedundignified Although cowardice is undignified, those who display neither cowardice nor courage could be dignified. Later, perhaps, following enforced hospitalization, she settles very contentedly in a home, clearly feeling much better off than in her previous tenuous, undignified, suffering independence. The editor refers in his preface to 'our longstanding love affair with the undignified bits of our language'. They keep silent on this undignified past to outsiders. The only real fault with these volumes is the publisher's choice of an undignified binding. However, there can be little doubting that undignified treatment is more likely to engender feelings of resentment in an individual than reassurance. Although the latter might look heroic at first sight, it can easily turn out to be careless, irrational, and foolish - in other words, undignified. Cowardice is unfailingly undignified, but so is rashness in the face of danger. Slang is indeed by turns undignified, entertaining, hilarious, affectionate, revolting, and insulting, and more than any other register of language represents the many moods, attitudes, and prejudices of individuals. To transport animals in the undignified way in which it has happened in the past is totally wrong. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This would be an undignified act of foot-dragging which would do nothing to address the long-term issues at stake. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is an uncomfortable and undignified position at any time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that such action would be both undignified and ineffective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has not the time arrived to abolish this undignified body altogether? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, you were good enough to advise that we must not be undignified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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