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Indignation is the feeling itself: the anger-and-surprise you get when something feels insulting or unfair. is the adjective; indignation is the noun you can feel, show, or fill a room with.
Indignation義憤 is the feeling itself就是這種感覺本身:the anger-and-surprise你get到的那種又生氣又驚訝的感覺 you get when something feels insulting or unfair是當某件事讓人感覺被冒犯或不公平時產生的。Indignantindignant is the adjective是形容詞;indignationindignation is the noun you can feel, show, or fill a room with則是名詞,你可以感受它、表現它,或讓一整個房間都充滿它。
People speak of “public indignation” when a lot of people share that feeling — after a cruel rule, a cheat, a slight. It is a fairly formal word, common in news and essays.
People speak of "public indignation"人們會說「公眾的憤慨」 when a lot of people share that feeling當很多人都有這種感覺時——after a cruel rule, a cheat, a slight像是因為殘酷的規定、欺騙,或被冒犯之後。It is a fairly formal word它是個相當正式的字,common in news and essays常出現在新聞和文章裡。
Though actually, indignation can be fair or it can be . The word does not tell you whether the slight was large. It only names that hot, offended feeling.
Though actually不過其實,indignation can be fair or it can be thin-skinned義憤可以是合理的,也可能只是玻璃心。The word does not tell you這個字不會告訴你 whether the slight was large那個冒犯到底有多嚴重。It only names it只是單純指出 that hot, offended feeling那種火熱、被冒犯的感覺。
Keep it apart from : indignation lives in the chest; an is the shameful thing that happened to you.
Keep it apart from indignity要把它跟indignity(受辱)分開:indignation lives in the chestindignation存在於內心的感受裡;an indignity is the shameful thing that happened to you而indignity是發生在你身上、讓人感到羞辱的那件事本身。
組成From Latin indignātiō, from indignor, from indignus (“unworthy”): in- (not) + dignus (“worthy”). In English since about 1374.
同家族的字
- indignantthe adjective
- indignantlythe adverb
- dignityfrom the same Latin dignus, “worthy”
- indignitythe shameful situation, not the feeling
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
indignationnoun/ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/
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An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
- He protested in indignation.
- The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.
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A self-righteous anger or disgust.
- Having expressed his indignation at the idea of continuity from the young Marx to the old Marx and from Marx to Lenin, Miliband appears no less offended by my stressing the continuity from Leninism to Stalinism.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。