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- 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.
成功的机会微乎其微。
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- (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; rather trivial or superficial（尤指创作）不深奥的; 无实质内容的; 不重要的; 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, 看上去很娇弱。
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。
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- archaic raze or destroy (a fortification)〈古〉破坏, 摧毁（防御工事）。
- 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.
他对别人冒犯他权威很生气。
短语
not in the slightest
- not at all一点也不：
he didn't mind in the slightest.
他一点也不介意。
the slightest -
- usu. with negative any - whatsoever任何的：
I don't have the slightest idea.
我一点都不知道。
派生词
slightingly
adverbslightish
adjectiveslightness
noun词源
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.