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dignitary

/dig-ni-ter-ee/US // ˈdɪg nɪˌtɛr i //UK // (ˈdɪɡnɪtərɪ, -trɪ) //

要人,政要,显要人物,显贵

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dig·ni·tar·ies.

    • : a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.

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Examples

  • The Nobel laureate, on the other hand, was received like a foreign dignitary.

  • After sitting vacant for years, the mansion came back to life in the 1980s, when iconic Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer used it to host dignitaries.

  • Tennis dignitary Chris Evert stands behind her, forced into rapturous laughter along with 14,000 others inside the arena.

  • We are the bridge between the foreign visiting dignitary and the U.S. government.

  • “Large crowds flocked to the jail, where they greeted him like a visiting dignitary,” Gardner writes.

  • Many of them, such as a visiting French dignitary fresh off a plane from Paris at the age of 103, proved that 90 is the new 30.

  • Bespectacled and wearing a proper suit, Ban looked every bit the serious dignitary.

  • I desired him to accompany me to call on this dignitary, but he did not seem at all anxious for the job.

  • The high-priest was a great dignitary, and generally belonged to the royal family.

  • His deportment at this solemn ceremony, as related by a church dignitary, was fully edifying.

  • It was not long before the curtain was drawn aside again, and one entered who seemed to be a dignitary of the court.

  • And this great dignitary pointed to me with scorn and said: "Number one foolo."