[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]轻微的;少量的;小的 Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity.
[usu ADJ n]
Doctors say he has made a slight improvement...
医生说他的病情稍有好转。
We have a slight problem...
我们有一个小小的问题。
A slight smile flickered over his face...
他的脸上闪过一丝微笑。
He's not the slightest bit worried.
他一点儿也不担心。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)瘦弱的,瘦小的 A slight person has a fairly thin and delicate looking body.
She is smaller and slighter than Christie.
她比克里斯蒂瘦小。
...a slight, bespectacled figure.
身材瘦小、戴着眼镜的人
slightly
...a slightly built man.
身材瘦小的男子
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[VERB 动词]不理睬;藐视;轻蔑;冷落 If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important.
[feel V-ed]
[usu passive]
[usu with supp]
They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
没有充分征求他们的意见,这让他们感到被冷落了。
Slight is also a noun.
It isn't a slight on my husband that I enjoy my evening class.
我喜欢上夜课并非是对丈夫的冷落。
slighting
...slighting references to her age.
谈到她的年纪时的轻蔑语气
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[PHRASE 短语](用于加强陈述的否定语气)一点也(不) You use in the slightest to emphasize a negative statement.
[with brd-neg]
[emphasis]
That doesn't interest me in the slightest...
那一点也不能引起我的兴趣。
'Do you worry about ageing?' — 'Not in the slightest.'
“你担心变老吗?”——“一点也不。”
Oxford
slight★/slaɪt; NAmEslaɪt/
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slightslightsslightedslightingslighterslightestadjective★(slight·er,slight·est)1★very small in degree 轻微的;略微的◆a slight increase/change/delay/difference略微的增长╱变化╱拖延╱差异◆I woke up with a slight headache.我醒来时有点头痛。◆The damage was slight.损失很小。◆She takes offence at the slightest thing (= is very easily offended).她动辄生气。◆There was not the slightesthint of trouble. 当时看不出丝毫会出现麻烦的迹象。2small and thin in size 细小的;纤细的;瘦小的◆a slight woman瘦小的女子3( formal) not deserving serious attention 无须重视的;不足道的◆This is a very slight novel.这是一部颇不足道的小说。IDIOMnot in the ˈslightestnot at all 一点也不;毫不;根本没有◆He didn't seem to mind in the slightest.他好像一点都不在乎。nounslight(on sb/sth) an act or a remark that criticizes sth or offends sb 侮慢;冷落;轻视SYN
insult
◆Nick took her comment as a slight on his abilities as a manager.尼克觉得,她的话是藐视他当经理的能力。verb[usually passive ]slightsb to treat sb rudely or without respect 侮慢;冷落;轻视SYN
insult
◆She felt slightedbecause she hadn't been invited. 她没有受到邀请,觉得受了冷落。▶slight·ing/slaɪtɪŋ; NAmEslaɪtɪŋ/adjective[only before noun ]◆slighting remarks不敬的话语slight/slaɪt; NAmEslaɪt/slight·ing/slaɪtɪŋ; NAmEslaɪtɪŋ/
1[usually before noun] small in degreeOPP big: a slight improvement a slight increase a slight change of plan a slight pause a slight problem► see thesaurus at
small
2not the slightest chance/doubt/difference etc no chance, doubt etc at all: I didn’t have the slightest idea who that man was.3someone who is slight is thin and delicateOPP stocky► see thesaurus at
thin
4not in the slightest British English spoken not at all: ‘Did he mind lending you the car?’ ‘Not in the slightest.’
slight1 adjective
slight2 verb
slightslight2 verb [transitive]
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to offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect: Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back.—slight noun [countable]: She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother. a slight to his authority
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