dignify
英 [ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ]
v. 使有尊严; 使崇高; 使显贵; 使增辉; 使显得堂皇; 抬高…的身价; 美化
现在分词:dignifying 第三人称单数:dignifies 过去式:dignified 过去分词:dignified
BNC.34575 / COCA.25877
牛津词典
verb
- 使有尊严;使崇高;使显贵;使增辉
to make sb/sth seem impressive- The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations.
市长的光临为庆祝活动增辉。
- The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations.
- 使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
to make sth appear important when it is not really- I'm not going to dignify his comments by reacting to them.
我才不会理睬他的评论以抬高其身价呢。
- I'm not going to dignify his comments by reacting to them.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使有尊严;使变得庄严;使变得高贵
Todignifysomething means to make it impressive.- Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。 - The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
在那块刻有哈考特·西布利医生姓名的久经风雨的黄铜牌映衬下,门柱更增添了几分庄重。
- Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
- VERB 使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
If you say that a particular reaction or descriptiondignifiessomething you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.- We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。 - It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'.
那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。
- We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
英英释义
verb
- raise the status of
- I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer
- confer dignity or honor upon
- He was dignified with a title
双语例句
- Don't try to dignify those few hairs on your face by calling them a beard.
脸上没有几根须就说是胡子,别吹了。 - Why dignify the actions of a British hoodie caving in the window of a department store, by comparing him with a Libyan risking his life for freedom?
为何要美化一个穿连帽衣的英国小混混破坏百货大楼窗户的行为,将其与甘冒生命危险争取自由的利比亚人相提并论? - He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope.
他不以遗忘来消除苦痛,却希望去使苦痛显得伟大和光荣。 - We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment
这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。 - Would not dignify the insulting question with a response.
对无礼的问题不予以答复。 - You won't dignify the house just by painting it.
仅仅通过粉刷一下这房子,你不会使它增值。 - And I won't even dignify your navy bean suggestion.
还有,你那个关于菜豆的建议我是不会考虑的。 - I won't dignify his abuse by reacting to it.
我不会回应他的谩骂而抬高其身价。 - I won't even dignify that with a reply.
我不认为这个回答是我的荣耀。 - It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'.
那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。