your dignityPRIDE/SELF-RESPECTyour sense of your own value or importance 你的自尊心retain/lose your dignity Old people need to retain their dignity and independence. 老年人需要保持自尊和独立。
Arguing was beneath her dignity (=was something she thought she was too important to do). 她觉得争吵有失体面。
was beneath ... dignity• It was as if, in some strange way, it was beneath his dignity to take an interest in her.• He made it quite clear that much speech was beneath his dignity.
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