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Slight Slightest  A Slaɪt Small Slighted Noun Slaɪtɪŋ

The word "slight" can mean light, small in amount or degree, or describe a person as thin and delicate. As a verb, it means to disregard or treat someone coldly. It is often used in the phrase "in the slightest" to emphasize a negative statement, meaning not at all.

slight 指轻微的、少量的或小的;也可以指人身材瘦弱;作为动词,意为不理睬或冷落某人;常与in the slightest连用,表示一点也不。

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/sla͟ɪt/
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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]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。

2
[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

4
[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 ; NAmE slaɪt /
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slight slights slighted slighting slighter slightest
adjective ★ ( 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。 2 small 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。 IDIOM not in the ˈslightest not 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。 noun slight(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 ; NAmE slaɪtɪŋ / adjective [only before noun ] ◆ slighting remarks 不敬的话语
slight / slaɪt ; NAmE slaɪt / slight·ing / slaɪtɪŋ ; NAmE slaɪtɪŋ /
LDC
slight1 adjective
slight2 verb
slightslight1 /slaɪt/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
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1[usually before noun] small in degree OPP  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 delicate OPP  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
WDF

slight

[slaɪt]slighted, slighting, slights级别:slighter, slightest

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slighted[207] slightest[6142]
轻微的(61%),微小的(12%),轻视(8%),轻蔑(8%),怠慢(7%),忽略(3%),纤弱的(1%)
n.怠慢;轻蔑
adj.轻微的,少量的;脆弱的;细长的;不重要的
vt.轻视,忽略;怠慢

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