One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
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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
adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
adv. 残忍地, 残酷地, 极
近义:heartlessly, inhumanly, insensately, insensibly, insensitively, meanly
反义:humanely, indulgently, indulgingly, mercifully, pityingly
conj. 除非,如果不;
prep. 除了,…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现,这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
近义:save, except
=can not;未可;不能;不可;
"You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent."
你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。