slights

英 [slaɪts]

美 [slaɪts]

n.  侮慢; 冷落; 轻视
v.  侮慢; 冷落; 轻视
slight的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻微的;少量的;小的
  Something that isslightis very small in degree or quantity.
  1. Doctors say he has made a slight improvement...
     医生说他的病情稍有好转。
  2. We have a slight problem...
     我们有一个小小的问题。
  3. A slight smile flickered over his face...
     他的脸上闪过一丝微笑。
  4. He's not the slightest bit worried.
     他一点儿也不担心。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)瘦弱的，瘦小的
  Aslightperson has a fairly thin and delicate looking body.
  1. She is smaller and slighter than Christie.
     她比克里斯蒂瘦小。
  2. ...a slight, bespectacled figure.
     身材瘦小、戴着眼镜的人
• VERB 不理睬;藐视;轻蔑;冷落
  If youare slighted, someone does or says something that insults you by treating you as if your views or feelings are not important.
  1. 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。
  2. Slightis also a noun.
     
  3. 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。
• PHRASE (用于加强陈述的否定语气)一点也(不)
  You usein the slightestto emphasize a negative statement.
  1. That doesn't interest me in the slightest...
     那一点也不能引起我的兴趣。
  2. 'Do you worry about ageing?' — 'Not in the slightest.'
     “你担心变老吗？”——“一点也不。”

双语例句

• China may complain loudly at perceived slights and urge critics to be more objective and a better friend, but it will also quickly lose respect for anyone who appears to cave in quickly on issues of principle.
  中国也许会对自认为受到的侮辱作出大声抱怨，并敦促批评者客观一些，做一个更好的友人。但中国对那些在原则问题上似乎很快屈服的人，也会很快失去敬意。
• But calling even this "leadership" slights it, because its effectiveness lies not in any individual so much as in the collective social process essentially in community.
  但是即便将这称为“领导力”也还有点以偏概全，因为它的效果不取决于任何个人，而是取决于集体，尤其是社区内部的社会交互过程。
• Scarlett was so bewildered and infuriated at these slights that the party was utterly ruined for her.
  思嘉看到这些情况，既惊讶，又气愤，觉得这次宴会是完全失败了。
• Personal strength: A tenacious memory, especially for real or imagined slights.
  个人优点：有着超乎常人的记忆力，尤其对于事实上的和想象的侮辱。
• Esther, in turn, became less sensitive to their slights.
  艾斯达也不太在意他们对她的轻视。
• Being what he was, Rhett would naturally want to torment and insult her as much as possible to pay her back for past slights and for her recent attempted trickery.
  出于本性，瑞德自然要尽可能折磨她，侮辱她，对她以往的蔑视和最近蓄意耍的手腕进行报复。
• She had inflicted on him the innumerable little slights and indignities possible in such a case& as if in revenge for having ever cared for him at all.
  她给予他的不过是无数次的轻视和侮辱，像是为了报复曾经关心过他。
• Next several slights detail this program and also provide a clear definition I think of the strong safety-oriented culture in the long term.
  接下来的几张幻灯片详述了这个项目，提供了清晰的定义，我想这种长期强有力的安全导向的文化。
• In recent weeks, Mrs. Obama has talked of insults and slights directed at her husband and caricatures that have pained her.
  最近几周，米歇尔谈及那些对她丈夫发出的侮辱与蔑视，以及令她痛苦不堪的漫画。
• Some believe that the Christmas card list, where we keep track of old favours and slights, is a sort of passive-aggressive vendetta.
  有人认为，记录着我们之前得到过的帮助和受过的怠慢的圣诞卡寄送名单，是一种消极的复仇。