slight

slight
adjective
  1. small in degree; inconsiderable
    少量的；轻微的
    a slight increase.
    少量增加。
    a slight ankle injury.
    轻微脚踝伤。
    the chance of success is very slight.
    胜利的机会微乎其微。
    ■(especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; rather trivial or superficial
    （尤指创造性工作）不深奥的；无实质内容的，肤浅的
    a slight plot.
    简单的情节。
  2. (of a person or their build) not sturdy and strongly built
    （人或其身材）纤弱的；瘦小的；不结实的
    she was slight and delicate-looking.
    她身材纤细，看上去很脆弱。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention
    轻慢；轻视；对（某人）冷落
    he was desperate not to slight a guest.
    他极力想不冷落每一位客人。
    [as adj. slighting]slighting references to Roman Catholics.
    对罗马天主教教徒的一些不敬提法。
  2. (archaic)raze or destroy (a fortification)
    (古)破坏，摧毁（防御工事）
noun
  1. an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention
    轻视；冷落；冒犯
    an unintended slight can create grudges.
    不经意的冷落会造成怨恨。
    he was seething at the slight to his authority.
    他对别人对他权威的冒犯很生气。
常用词组
not in the slightest
  1. not at all
    一点也不
    he didn't mind in the slightest.
    他一点也不介意。
the slightest ——
  1. [usu. with negative]any —— whatsoever
    任何的
    I don't have the slightest idea.
    我一点都不知道。
派生
slightingly
adverb
slightish
adjective
slightness
noun
语源
  1. Middle English; the adjective from Old Norse sléttr 'smooth' (an early sense in English), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slechts 'merely' and German schlicht 'simple', schlecht 'bad'; the verb (originally in the sense 'make smooth or level'), from Old Norse slétta. The sense ‘treat with disrespect’ dates from the late 16th cent
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