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单词 dignity
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dignity/ʹdigniti/ noun

being worthy, honoured, or esteemed

No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem — Booker T Washington

high rank, office, or position

a high opinion of oneself; self-esteem

stillness of manner; gravity

beneath one's dignity

not worthy of being done by somebody as important as one considers oneself to be

stand on one's dignity

to demand to be treated with respect

[Middle English dignete via French from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus worthy]
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