slight

1. ADJ Something that is slight is very small in degree or quantity. 輕微的; 細微的

Doctors say he has made a slight improvement. 醫(yī)生說他已經(jīng)有些輕微的好轉(zhuǎn)。

He's not the slightest bit worried. 他一點兒也不著急。

2. ADJ A slight person has a fairly thin and delicate looking body. 瘦小的; 纖細的

She is smaller and slighter than Christie. 她比克里斯蒂更瘦小更纖弱。

3. slightlyADV 瘦小地; 纖細地[ADV -ed]

...a slightly built man. …一個身材瘦小的男人。

4. V-T If you are slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important. 輕蔑; 怠慢[usu passive]

They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted. 因為沒有充分地征求他們的意見，他們感到被怠慢了。

5. N-COUNT Slight is also a noun. 輕視; 冷落

It's difficult to persuade my husband that it isn't a slight on him that I enjoy my evening class. 很難勸說我丈夫相信我喜歡去上夜校課程并不是對他的冷落。

6. PHRASE You use in the slightest to emphasize a negative statement. (用于加強否定的陳述語氣) 一點也[強調(diào)]

That doesn't interest me in the slightest. 那事兒一點也勾不起我的興趣。