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

• Prof Hawking, who has motor neurone disease, has argued that keeping someone alive against their own wishes is the ultimate indignity, saying he would think about it in the event he was suffering great pain.
  霍金患有运动神经元病，他认为如果别人不想活着，却非逼着别人活着，这是对他人最大的侮辱。他曾表示，如果他遭受了巨大的痛苦，那么他会考虑协助自杀。
• 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。
• Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, human misery and personal indignity. People who are out of work cannot afford to scoff at any job.
  工厂停工使工人们失业，蒙受痛苦和失去个人尊严。失业的人就不能看不起任何工作。
• Ignoring the shameful and indecent way in which some people in the accounting profession have been conducting themselves is an indignity that should no longer be tolerated.
  忽视一些从事会计职业的人一直以来不体面的、下流的做法是对我们的侮辱，这再也不应该继续容忍下去了。
• What sort of indignities would he be forced to endure?
  他会被迫忍受什么样的侮辱呢？
• 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
• 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。
• 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；
• The highjacker inflict all kinds of indignity on their captive. They hurled abuse and insults at the speaker.
  劫持者对人质百般侮辱。他们漫骂和侮辱演讲人。
• Even those who bitterly opposed Saddam feel the indignity of his humiliation at American hands.
  甚至那些极端反对海珊的人也感受到美国人对他羞辱。