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dignify vt.(-fied;-fying)1.使有威嚴,使高貴;...

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The final chapters of crevecoeur's sketches take the form of dialogues between greedy, ignorant “patriots“ and dignified loyalists or would-be neutrals(of whom crevecoeur was one) . 克里夫科爾《札記》的最后幾章用的是對話體裁,是貪婪無知的“愛國志士”和高貴的保皇黨或自詡的中立分子(克里夫科爾本人就是此等人)之間的對話。

“then let it be, and never mind, father,“ she said with dignified sorrow . “那么就由它去吧,您別擔心,爸。”她帶著一種莊嚴的悲哀說道。

I suppose “independence day“ is too dignified a name for such a joyful holiday . 我以為這么個歡天喜地的日子叫獨立日,未免太嚴肅。

“you will excuse my landlord,“ said the old lady with a dignified air . “請別怪我這位房東”老太太一本正經地說。

They dignified the school with the name of “college. “ 他們冠以“學院”的名稱來抬高這所學校的身價。