Dignity

(noun.) the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; 'it was beneath his dignity to cheat'; 'showed his true dignity when under pressure'.

(noun.) formality in bearing and appearance; 'he behaved with great dignity'.

(noun.) high office or rank or station; 'he respected the dignity of the emissaries'.

整理:洛蒂

• It was a part, at once of Mrs. Sparsit's dignity and service, not to lunch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Cook,' said the lady abbess, with great dignity; 'don't answer me, if you please. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I am drunk, Pablo said with dignity. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You see,' returned Mr Boffin, with a confidential sense of dignity, 'as to my literary man's duties, they're clear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• As for Betteredge, consistency of principle and dignity of conduct had become, in his case, mere empty words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I thought he had much dignity all the time before. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He raised himself in his stirrups with an air of inexpressible dignity, and exclaimed, What means this, my masters! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The catching business, we beg to remind them, is rising to the dignity of a lawful and patriotic profession. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I am ashamed of you, Holmes, said Lestrade with dignity after a few minutes' silence. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Such levity is proper enough in the provinces, we make no doubt, but it ill suits the dignity of the metropolis. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Anselmo left him standing there alone with his dignity and went on down to the cave. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind--new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• With these talents, and his interest at home, there was little doubt that his lordship would rise to the highest dignities in his profession. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was certainly a hasty speech, my dear, said Mrs. Garth, with whom speaking evil of dignities was a high misdemeanor. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It is among their dignities. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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