dignify

verb

1. 使有尊严；使崇高；使显贵；使增辉
   to make sb/sth seem impressive
   1. The mayor was there to dignify the celebrations.
      市长的光临为庆祝活动增辉。
2. 使显得堂皇；抬高…的身价；美化
   to make sth appear important when it is not really
   1. I'm not going to dignify his comments by reacting to them.
      我才不会理睬他的评论以抬高其身价呢。

1. VERB 使有尊严;使变得庄严;使变得高贵
   To dignify something means to make it impressive.
   1. Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster...
      悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。
   2. The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
      在那块刻有哈考特·西布利医生姓名的久经风雨的黄铜牌映衬下，门柱更增添了几分庄重。
2. VERB 使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
   If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.
   1. We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment...
      这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。
   2. It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'.
      那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。

1. Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster
   悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。
2. The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley.
   在那块刻有哈考特·西布利医生姓名的久经风雨的黄铜牌映衬下，门柱更增添了几分庄重。
3. We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment
   这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。
4. It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'.
   那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。
5. Would not dignify the insulting question with a response.
   对无礼的问题不予以答复。
6. The lesson to date is that America, faced with nuclear blackmail, will bow down, dignify and fortify tyrants, fork over loot, and celebrate the process as a victory for diplomacy.
   的教训，迄今为止，美国，面对核讹诈，将弓下来，半岛台和坚定的暴君，交岔路口超过哄抢，和庆祝的过程中作为一个外交胜利。
7. A club statement read: "the story is nonsense and we will not dignify it with any further comment."
   俱乐部声称：“这故事真是可笑，我们不会在意以后的任何评论。”
8. He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope.
   他不以遗忘来消除苦痛，却希望去使苦痛显得伟大和光荣。
9. Don't try to dignify those few hairs on your face by calling them a beard.
   脸上没有几根须就说是胡子，别吹了。
10. Why dignify the actions of a British hoodie caving in the window of a department store, by comparing him with a Libyan risking his life for freedom?
    为何要美化一个穿连帽衣的英国小混混破坏百货大楼窗户的行为，将其与甘冒生命危险争取自由的利比亚人相提并论？
11. You won't dignify the house just by painting it.
    仅仅通过粉刷一下这房子，你不会使它增值。
12. And I won't even dignify your navy bean suggestion.
    还有，你那个关于菜豆的建议我是不会考虑的。
13. Do not dignify yourself by thinking that you are even worthy of being call a blood elf, much less the race you forsake for that foul role!
    不要妄自抬高你自己的地位，你根本不配被称作血精灵，更不用说你早就为了这个邪恶的目的而遗忘他们！
14. I won't dignify his abuse by reacting to it.
    我不会回应他的谩骂而抬高其身价。
15. I won't even dignify that with a reply.
    我不认为这个回答是我的荣耀。

verb

1. raise the status of
   1. I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer

2. confer dignity or honor upon
   1. He was dignified with a title

   Synonym:    ennoble