Victorian parents believed that they kept their dignity by retreating behind an unreasoning authoritarian attitude;
维多利业时代的父母认为,他们可以靠无理的权威气派来维护自己的尊严,
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 34 Adolescence

📚 句中词汇解析

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dignity ['dɪɡnəti] 词频2 词根: dign
n. 尊严;高尚;自豪;自尊;
💡 dign值得,高贵+ity抽象名词 → 威严,庄严
"She always comports herself with great dignity."
她的举止总是很端庄。
近义:honesty, honor, majesty, propriety, seemliness, stateliness 反义:humiliation, reproach, unworthiness, dishonourableness, defilement, disgrace
behind [bɪ'haɪnd] 词频1
prep. (表示位置)在…的后面;支持;(表示顺序)在身后;(表示比较)落后于; adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;(落)在后面; n. 〈口〉屁股;
💡 be构成一些介词+hind藏在后面→在…后面
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义:back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late 反义:quick, rapid, accelerated
authoritarian [ə,θɔrə'tɛrɪən] 词根: 增加
adj. 权力主义的;独裁主义的; n. 权力主义者,专制者,独裁者;独裁主义者;
💡 authorit权威 + arian 表示人 → n. 权力主义者;独裁主义者
"She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to her clients."
她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度.
近义:martinet, autocrat, dictator, highhanded, absolute, lordly
attitude ['ætɪtʊd] 词频1 词根: itude
n. 态度;看法;姿势;个人风格;
💡 att=apr能力,倾向+itude后缀,构成抽象名词 →态度
"The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding."
政府对监狱拥挤不堪的问题不闻不问。
近义:pose, position, posture, stance, view, stand
kept [[kept]] 词频1
keep的过去式和过去分词
近义:maintained

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