| 单词 | dignify |
| 释义 | dignifyWord family noundignificationverbdignifyadjectivedignified dig·ni·fy /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (dignified, dignifying, dignifies) [transitiveT] IMPORTANTto make something or someone seem better or more important than they really are, especially by using a particular word to describe them 〔尤指通过使用某个词〕抬高…的身价，抬举 dignify somebody/something with something I cannot dignify him with the name ‘physician’. 我不能用 “医生” 这个称呼来高抬他。 Examples from the Corpus dignify• Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.• A huge portrait of the couple dignified the living room wall. dignify somebody/something with something• I'm not even going to dignify that last comment with a response. (1400-1500) Old French dignifier, from Latin dignus “deserving admiration” |
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