undignified

英 [ʌnˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd] 美 [ʌnˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd]

adj.  不像样的; 不成体统的; 不体面的; 不庄重的

BNC.19198 / COCA.25735



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 不像样的;不成体统的;不体面的;不庄重的
    causing you to look silly and to lose the respect of other people
    1. There was an undignified scramble for the best seats.
      大家争抢最好的位子,真是有失体统。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 有失尊严的;不像话的;令人尴尬的
    If you describe someone's actions as undignified, you mean they are foolish or embarrassing.
    1. It is sad to see a county confine its activities to undignified public bickering...
      看到整个县都不顾颜面地公开争吵,真让人感到难过。
    2. There followed an undignified slamming of doors...
      随后传来了很不像话的摔门声。
    3. All this public outpouring is so undignified.
      所有这些当众宣泄都是很失体面的。

双语例句

  1. It is sad to see a county confine its activities to undignified public bickering
    看到整个县都不顾颜面地公开争吵,真让人感到难过。
  2. There followed an undignified slamming of doors
    随后传来了很不像话的摔门声。
  3. All this public outpouring is so undignified.
    所有这些当众宣泄都是很失体面的。
  4. I had to worm my way out sideways from the bench in a ridiculous, undignified fashion
    我侧着身子艰难地从长凳上移开,那个样子很可笑,很不雅观。
  5. Such conduct is undignified for a person of his position.
    对于他这种地位的人来说,这样的行为是不庄重的。
  6. Some of us find this distasteful – an undignified kind of life.
    我们中的一些人对此很厌恶&认为这种生活方式很不光彩。
  7. Sitting down as a level member of the dairyman's household seemed at the outset an undignified proceeding.
    作为奶牛场老板一家人中的一个平等成员坐在一起,他在开头还觉得有失身分。
  8. She had to run about after him, though it was rather undignified.
    温迪只得追着他跑,虽然那样子不大体面。
  9. Those are very nice jeans, Miss Joan continued, but aren't they a little, shall we say, undignified for a professional position? Before mr.e1 could respond, she added, not that I mean to suggest that you ever are dignified.
    那条牛仔裤不错,琼小姐继续说,不过,我说,穿着它难道就没有一点有损专业人士的身份吗?没等埃尔先生回应,她又说:我没有暗示你曾穿着不得体的意思。
  10. As if that weren't enough Aristotle tells us Megalopsychos because to hurry is undignified is tall and speaks with a deep voice.
    犹如这一切还不足够,亚里士多德告诉我们,走路缓慢,that,the,megalopsychos,walks,slowly,因为匆忙是不庄重的表现,随时保时高调,讲话总带深沈嗓音。
  11. As far as I am concerned, if you aren't willing to work for a living, you can go to hell! But she could not get over the idea that to earn her living was somewhat undignified.
    依我看,如果你不愿工作自己谋生,那就见鬼去吧!但是尽管如此,她却认为自己谋生糊口有失身份。
  12. I am not proud of the obviously staged, undignified countercharges which have been attempted in retaliation from the other side of the aisle.
    对走道的另一边显然是装腔作势、不庄重的,旨在报复的反诉,我无法感到自豪。
  13. Now, in an undignified way I have given up the spirit journey in my heart for the sake of material gains, a journey to explore America and to understand her.
    现在,我是猥琐地为了物质利益而放弃了我心目中的精神之旅,一次探索美国,了解美国的旅行。
  14. You can still remember vividly those painful, undignified occasions when you tried to be a hero and drowned instead in a sea of ridicule.
    你依然深深地记得这种痛楚的场合,当你试图表现的像个英雄却得到了潮水般的奚落。
  15. I think it as honorable to the government neither to know nor notice its sycophants or censors, as it would be undignified and criminal to pamper the former and persecute the latter.
    我认为,得体的政府,不应该把它的赞扬者和审查者放在心上,如果对于前者大加褒扬而对后者横加迫害,不仅有失尊严,同时也是在犯罪。
  16. His skis crossed and he sat down in a most undignified manner.
    他的滑雪板交叉在一起坐下时,姿势很不雅观。
  17. Hatbox of traveling, of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials The Rat, with a snort of contempt, swung round to go, tripped over a hat-box, and fell, with undignified remarks.
    旅行用帽盒,塑料薄膜或纺织材料制河鼠轻蔑地哼了一声,转身要走,不想蹴到一只帽盒,摔倒了,嘴里不干不净地骂了几句。
  18. The undignified outburst came at Naudero in Sindh province, the burial site of his wife and her similarly "martyred" father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
    这句有损尊严的话是在信德省的瑙德罗,他妻子和“殉难”的岳父阿里。布托的墓地上放出来的。
  19. As I explained to the French woman who taught us and who each week grew increasingly exasperated with me, I wasn't going to take part in what looked to me like a very undignified activity.
    教我们这个课程的是一个法国女人,而她对我的愤怒情绪每周都有所增加。正如我对她解释的一样,我不会参加在我看来非常有损尊严的活动。
  20. They had a somewhat undignified argument.
    他们发生了一次稍有损尊严的争论。
  21. This seemed a delightfully undignified fate for him, and I rather wish I had had this dream myself.
    对他而言,这似乎是一件有失尊严但令人愉悦的事情,我宁愿自己也能做这个梦。
  22. I am less sure about dignity. The celebrity chef who yells at his staff and customers makes an undignified sight, but who is to say that he is unhappy?
    名厨对手下和顾客大吼大叫,是个有损尊严的场面,但谁能说他不幸福呢?
  23. It must have been quite undignified for him to run ahead of the crowd and then climb a convenient tree!
    他跑到前面,爬上路边的一颗树,这对他来说实在是颇失颜面!
  24. Stop all this squabbling, which is most undignified.
    不要吵来吵去,有失君子风度。
  25. He regarded the suggestion that he should act such an undignified part as a kind of sacrilege.
    他认为要他扮演这个丢脸的角色实在是对他莫大的侮辱。
  26. A an eccentric or undignified rustic.
    一个古怪或有损尊严的乡下人。
  27. He was reluctant to strike such an undignified pose before his girlfriend.
    他很不情愿在女友面前摆出如此有失尊严的姿态。
  28. The minister made an undignified retreat from his earlier position.
    那部长很不光彩地背离了他原先的立场。
  29. Peters says we must get the market to reward us, which can be hard to achieve when you were taught that to ask for more money was greedy and undignified.
    彼得斯称,我们必须让市场奖励我们,但当你受到的教育告诉你,要更多的钱意味着贪婪和有损尊严,这就很难做到了。
  30. This shilly-shallying is so undignified.
    这个优柔寡断的家伙真没出息。

英英释义

adj

  1. lacking dignity