| 词汇 | dignify |
| 释义 | dignify verb[ T ] uk /ˈdɪɡ.nɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈdɪɡ.nə.faɪ/ to cause something to be respected and considered important使…受到重视;使…受到尊重 to cause something to be respected and considered important when that is not deserved: 抬举，抬高 dignify something with somethingI'm not even going to dignify that stupid question with an answer.这么愚蠢的问题我才懒得回答呢。 Showing respect and admiration admiration admire admiring admiringly approving approvingly forelock fulsome fulsomely fulsomeness glorify grovelling hallow pay your respectsidiom philogynist philogyny put someone on a pedestalidiom regild respectfully worshipful Examples of dignifydignify Local populations no longer ascribed to them any dignifying quality, and increasingly demanded from them a total participation in the war effort. In this passage the machine, like the human laborer, is exceptionally complex and dignified for its simple purposes, its simple - and therefore innocuous and innocent - tasks. At a minimum, liberalism should not give these values priority but should see policy as the means to enhance democracy through equitable resource allocation and dignified living conditions. Of all natural sciences, we only appreciated anatomy, the science of human being, and especially the anatomy of the brain, as dignified enough for the attention of lyubomudry. As such it dignified the authors and their texts; it also contributed to placing them, like the authors of antiquity, in the past rather than in the present. Intellectual distinction could console a nation whose military fortunes were sagging, dignifying the savant with a patriotic role that conveniently coincided with his own personal quest for fame. Participation itself dignifies people if they are doing something about their own lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, it is dignifying it somewhat to call it a long-term economic strategy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, by taking it at that rational level, it is dignifying what is put before us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that would be dignifying it by too great a name. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of these are definite undertakings which will have the effect dignifying the countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Being able to respond to the vulnerability of patients in a way that provides dignifying care is a key concept in the field. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Certainly syndicalist internationalists found unfathomable a mentality that welcomed war, minimised its potential length or horrors, or sought to dignify it. They repor t no manifestos, formal petitions, or even the crudest chants and rarely dignify crowds with more than a few lines of their attention. The strategy thus far has been to dignify work as creativity aimed at universal social benefit. See all examples of dignify 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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