indignity

英 [ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]

美 [ɪnˈdɪɡnəti]

n.  侮辱; 轻蔑; 侮辱性的行为

复数：indignities　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14276 / COCA.16237

牛津词典

noun

• 侮辱；轻蔑；侮辱性的行为
  a situation that makes you feel embarrassed or ashamed because you are not treated with respect; an act that causes these feelings
  1. The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
     主席蒙受了被拒于会议之外的侮辱。
  2. the daily indignities of imprisonment
     身陷囹圄每日所带来的侮辱

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 侮辱;轻蔑
  If you talk aboutthe indignity ofdoing something, you mean that it makes you feel embarrassed or unimportant.
  1. Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters...
     后来,他不得不极不光彩地避开愤怒的抗议者溜走了。
  2. What sort of indignities would he be forced to endure?
     他会被迫忍受什么样的侮辱呢？

英英释义

noun

• an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

双语例句

• No more begging in the intense sun and rain, and no more indignity.
  再也无需雨打日晒地乞讨，再也没有侮辱。
• The administrative practices of the Nixon Administration tended to inflict this sort of indignity on decent and able men, usually by accident, occasionally by design.
  尼克松政府里办公事的方式往往会使正派的和能干的人受到这种亏待。这一般是无意造成的，有时则是有意的。
• We wanted to avoid the indignity of having to ask you for
  我们也想避免那种有失尊严的事，不再伸手向你要
• Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms
  囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
• 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。
• I shall have your head with dropping blood, hang on my walls so that I can appreciate an example of indignity once every hour.
  我要你血淋淋的头颅挂在我的墙上，这样我每个小时都可以看到我的耻辱。
• Clint suffered the indignity of being called "puppy" in front of his girlfriend.
  克林特蒙受了在女友面前被称之为“小狗子”的侮辱。
• A fever of disgrace, of indignity, of hunger.
  耻辱、污蔑、饥饿的恶疾。
• One is willing to suffer poverty, hunger, indignity, and shame because of "the glory which shall be revealed"( Rom.8:18);
  一种人为“将来要显示的荣耀”（罗马书8：18）愿意忍受贫穷，饥饿，侮辱和羞辱；
• But a horror is not a shock, and it can not only cause fear and shaking but also indignity and struggle.
  但是，震恐不是震撼，它可以令人恐惧、战栗，但也令人激愤、抗争！