Slight
[slaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) pay no attention to, disrespect; 'She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance'.
艾米編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sleight.
(v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.
(v. t.) To make even or level.
(v. t.) To throw heedlessly.
(superl.) Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
(superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.
(superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
(v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
(n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
(adv.) Slightly.
安吉拉校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little account.[2]. Weak, frail, feeble, fragile, flimsy, slender.[3]. Cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scanty.
n. Neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignity.
v. a. Neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise, scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on.
哈恩編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Disregard, disdain, acorn, overlook, disparage
ANT:Regard, respect, notice, observe
SYN:Neglect, contempt, scorn, disregard
ANT:Respect, regard, honor,[See SLENDER],[See {[811in]?}]
谢丽尔手打
解釋/意思:
adj. weak: slender: of little value: trifling: small: negligent: not decided superficial cursory: slighting disdainful.—v.t. to disregard as of little value: to neglect: (obs.) to demolish smooth.—n. neglect: disregard an act of discourtesy.—advs. Slight′ingly; Slight′ly.—n. Slight′ness.
n. (Spens.) sleight device trick.
校對:玛吉
例句/造句/用法:
- Then she said, with a slight touch of irritation: I don't care to accept a portrait from Paul Morpeth. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Selden, with a slight laugh, sat down beside her on the little sofa which projected from the hearth. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A slight snore was the only reply: the honest stockbroker was asleep, and so the rest of Joseph's story was lost for that day. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And I couldn't bear to slight him, because he was a little altered--could I, Jip? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Even the experimental work imposes no slight burden on it. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I took off my silk gown to begin with, because the slightest noise from it on that still night might have betrayed me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was amazing through how many hours at a time she would remain beside him, in a crouching attitude, attentive to his slightest moan. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I am not under the slightest obligation to go to India, especially with strangers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,' replied Mr. Pickwick. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Many men have been hanged on far slighter evidence, I remarked. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Her father often did the same thing; but his frame was slighter, and when he was weary, Eva would say to him, O, papa, let Tom take me. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Almost certainly that ancestor was a smaller and slighter creature than its human descendants. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It would be needless to narrate those disastrous occurrences, for which a parallel might be found in any slighter visitation of our gigantic calamity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yours have been of a much slighter kind, spread over a much shorter time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Shirley can feel when she is slighted and shunned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Sir Percival merely answered by upbraiding his friend with having unjustifiably slighted his wishes and neglected his interests all through the day. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You will always feel that I slighted your mother's memory. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I have been slighted, and taught nothing, and thrown upon myself, and put to work not fit for me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She was slighted like and had no say in anything, but it never really became bad for her until after she met Mr. Fowler at a friend's house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Yet I do feel irritated against Lady Berwick I confess it: but it is for her slights, or what I fancy was her neglect of my dear departed mother. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Some complain of the slights which are put upon them by relations, and they will tell you sadly of how many evils their old age is the cause. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Rawdon at first felt very acutely the slights which were passed upon his wife, and was inclined to be gloomy and savage. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You would have better reasons than these for slighting so respectable a class of men, said Mrs. Farebrother, majestically. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I make this little preface, because you once mentioned the young lady to me in slighting terms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And very handsome ones they are, too, cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The defect of the Herbartian theory of formation through presentations consists in slighting this constant interaction and change. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
編輯:洛拉