find sth undignified
find 后接宾语和形容词补语,表示“觉得某事有失体面”。
Many employees find the mandatory team-building exercises undignified.
许多员工觉得强制性的团队建设活动有失体面。
无尊严的;不庄重的;有失体面的
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无尊严的;不庄重的;有失体面的
lacking dignity; not dignified
Many employees find the mandatory team-building exercises undignified.
许多员工觉得强制性的团队建设活动有失体面。
缺乏尊严的,有损尊严的
lacking in or damaging to dignity
It felt undignified to have to beg for the smallest raise.
不得不为一点点加薪而恳求,这让人感到很没有尊严。
He made an undignified dash for the last bus, coat flapping.
他毫无体面地冲向最后一班公交车,大衣随风翻飞。
She found the whole argument undignified and left the room.
她觉得这场争吵很失体面,便离开了房间。
find 后接宾语和形容词补语,表示“觉得某事有失体面”。
Many employees find the mandatory team-building exercises undignified.
许多员工觉得强制性的团队建设活动有失体面。
it 为形式主语,真正主语是不定式;这种句型常用于评价某种行为。
It would be undignified to argue with him in public.
在公开场合与他争吵会有失体面。
undignified 常作定语,修饰行为、姿态等名词,强调有失身份或不够庄重。
Their undignified quarrel shocked the neighbors.
他们有失体面的争吵让邻居们感到震惊。
Not this
He undignified himself by begging for money.
Use this
He made himself look undignified by begging for money.
undignified 是形容词,不是动词;表示“使自己显得有失体面”应使用 make oneself look undignified 这类结构。
Not this
She behaved undignified during the meeting.
Use this
She behaved in an undignified way during the meeting.
behave 是动词,需要状语修饰;undignified 没有常用的副词形式,应使用 in an undignified way。
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有失体面的行为
His undignified behavior embarrassed everyone at the ceremony.
他在典礼上有失体面的行为让所有人都感到难堪。
不体面的场面
The argument turned into an undignified spectacle in front of the guests.
这场争吵在客人面前变成了不体面的场面。
狼狈的撤退
The army made an undignified retreat from the battlefield.
军队狼狈地从战场上撤退了。
有失身份的争抢
There was an undignified scramble for the last remaining tickets.
为了最后剩余的几张票,人们有失身份地争抢起来。
有失体面的争吵
The two politicians got into an undignified squabble on live television.
两位政客在电视直播中进行了有失体面的争吵。
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由 dignified(有尊严的)加上否定前缀 un-,联想“没有尊严的样子”——不庄重、有失体面。
语域:formal 常见场景:描述尴尬或失态的行为、正式批评或评论中、报道公众人物失态时 undignified 通常用于正式或书面语境,强调缺乏应有的庄重或体面,多指令人尴尬、有失身份的行为或场面。在随意口语中比较少见。
与 undignified /ʌnˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/ 押韵的词包括 dignified 和 signified,它们的重读元音和后续发音均为 /ɪɡnɪfaɪd/。magnified、unified、identified 和 petrified 虽以 -ified 结尾,但重读元音不同,发音不同。
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