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.
indignity 双语例句
1. Later, he suffered the indignity of having to flee angry protesters.
后来，他不得不极不光彩地避开愤怒的抗议者溜走了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Prisoners are spared the indignity of wearing uniforms.
囚犯们不必忍受身穿囚服的侮辱。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
主席蒙受了被拒于会议之外的侮辱。
来自《权威词典》
4. Spanking is an indignity to a teenager.
(用巴掌、拖鞋等)打一个十几岁的孩子,是对他的侮辱.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. For more than a year we have suffered the indignity.