Definition
- C2
If something is beneath your dignity, you consider it to be unsuitable for someone of your status or importance.
有失身份
He considers himself too important to do any menial work; it's beneath his dignity.
他認為自己太重要了,不能做任何卑微的工作;這有失他的身份。
As a president, he felt it was beneath his dignity to handle such trivial matters himself.
作為總統,他覺得親自處理這種瑣事有失身份。
She refused to participate in the office gossip because she felt it was beneath her dignity.
她拒絕參與辦公室八卦,因為她覺得這有失身份。