Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
— Rabbi Abraham Heschel  ·  Dignity

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respect [rɪ'spɛkt] 词频1 词根: spec
vt. 尊重;尊敬;关心;遵守; n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
💡 re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
近义：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard 反义：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
discipline ['dɪsəplɪn] 词频2 词根: discip
vt. 训练;使有纪律;处罚;使有条理; n. 训练;纪律;学科;符合行为准则的行为（或举止）;
💡 discipl=disciple门徒，学徒+ine表名词，人或物 → 门徒必须听说 → 纪律
"She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week."
她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练.
近义：penalise, penalize, punish, sanction, chastise, illustrate 反义：pander, pimp, miseducate, overindulge, pamper, pet
sense [sɛns] 词频1 词根: 感觉
n. 感觉，官能;意识，观念;理性;识别力; vt. 感到;理解，领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官；知觉；意义；判断力；感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
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
ability [ə'bɪləti] 词频2
n. 能力，资格;能耐，才能;
💡 -ability 后缀,表示能力,合适性##-ility 后缀;表示”意义,有能力”
"The system has the ability to run more than one program at the same time."
该系统能够同时运行一个以上的程序。
近义：aptitude, aptness, intelligence, knack, potential, skilfulness 反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
self [self] 词频1
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利; adj. 同一的;纯净的;单一的; vt. 使自花授精;使近亲繁殖; vi. 自花授精;
"His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence."
他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
近义：ego, individuality, selfhood, distinctiveness, selfishness, egoism

🏷 更多「Dignity」名言

"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."
— W. Somerset Maugham
"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them."
— Aristotle
"Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others."
— Dag Hammarskjold
"Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together."
— Ovid
"Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life."
— Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
"Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity."
— John Brown
"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered."
— Michael J. Fox
"There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble."
— Washington Irving
"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority."
— James Thurber
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