n. 尊嚴;高尚;自豪;自尊;
?? dign值得,高貴+ity抽象名詞 → 威嚴,莊嚴
"She always comports herself with great dignity."
她的舉止總是很端莊。
近義:honesty, honor, majesty, propriety, seemliness, stateliness
反義:humiliation, reproach, unworthiness, dishonourableness, defilement, disgrace
vt. 聲稱;斷言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. (根據權利而提出的)要求;聲稱;斷言;索賠;
?? claim→要求;主張;要求;權利;主張
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要說我從未看到過,那就是言不由衷了。
近義:adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反義:impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer