| 单词 |
undignify |
| 释义 |
unˈdignify, v. [un-2 6 c.] trans. a. To deprive of ecclesiastical dignity. ? Obs. b. To make undignified.
1702De Foe Reform. Manners Pref. 1 All our Clergy are undignified and suspended at a Blow. 1768Woman of Honor I. 224 Selfishness, which not only undignifies them, but endangers their..interest. 1840Milman Hist. Chr. I. 185 His father's humble station..had..still farther undignified the person of Jesus to the mind of his fellow-townsmen. 1867Howells Ital. Journ. iii. 33 Modern civilization has not crossed the castle moat, to undignify its exterior with any visible touch of the present. |

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