1580s, "unworthiness," also "unworthy treatment; act intended to expose someone to contempt," from Latin indignitatem (nominative indignitas) "unworthiness, meanness, baseness," also "unworthy conduct, an outrage," noun of quality from indignus "unworthy" (see indignation). Related: Indignities.
雙語例句
1. Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters.
后來，他不得不極不光彩地避開憤怒的抗議者溜走了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms.
囚犯們不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
主席蒙受了被拒于會議之外的侮辱。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. Spanking is an indignity to a teenager.
(用巴掌、拖鞋等)打一個十幾歲的孩子,是對他的侮辱.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. For more than a year we have suffered the indignity.