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dignified['diɡnifaid]- adj.
- (外表或举止)威严的,庄严的,端庄的,高尚的;高贵的,有尊严的
- vt.
dignify['diɡnifai]- vt.
- 授…以荣誉(或尊严);使光荣,使变得高贵,使显贵,使变得崇高(或庄严),给…增光,提高…的地位(或声誉):
to dignify someone with a title 授予某人头衔使其尊贵 The presence of the mayor dignified the occasion. 市长的出席提高了这次重大活动的规格。 You won't dignify the house just by painting it. 仅仅通过粉刷房子不会给房子增添光彩。 - 把…夸大为,把…美其名为,给…加以尊号,夸大其名使显得堂皇,授…以不应得的荣誉,抬高…的身价:
Don't dignify his silly scratchings by calling it scholarship. 别把他的愚蠢伪造美化为学术。 He dignified a small collection of books by calling it a library. 他把寥寥几册藏书美其名曰图书馆。 to be dignified as 被美化成
变形:vt.dignified.dignifying
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