slight

Word family  noun slight adjective slight slightest verb slight adverb slightly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++slight1 /slaɪt/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)  1  [usually before noun]SMALL small in degree 轻微的，微小的 OPP big a slight improvement 些许的改进 a slight increase 少许的增加 a slight change of plan 计划的略微变动 a slight pause 稍稍的停顿 a slight problem 小问题► see thesaurus at small2  not the slightest chance/doubt/difference etc no chance, doubt etc at all 没有一点机会/怀疑/差别等 I didn’t have the slightest idea who that man was. 我根本不知道那人是谁。3. THIN PERSONsomeone who is slight is thin and delicate 瘦弱的；纤弱的 OPP stocky► see thesaurus at thin4  not in the slightest British English spoken not at all 毫不，一点也不 ‘Did he mind lending you the car?’ ‘Not in the slightest.’ “他介意把汽车借给你吗？”“一点都不。”

Examples from the Corpus

slight• Do not spend your life taking over-the-counter medication for the slightest ache or pain.• He was slight and frail, even as a young man.• There has been a slight change of plan.• a small, slight child with delicate-looking features• In those turbulent times that produce skips, however, a slight degradation will be close to unnoticeable.• US foreign policy at the time hadn't made the slightest difference in the situation.• Dove stood by, ready to bolt for the lifeboat at the slightest glance from Jenkins.• a slight headache• Tom? I haven't the slightest idea where he is.• But there was only a slight, impatient nodding.• The doctor says there has been a slight improvement in her condition.• Officials reported a slight increase in inflation.• The only slight justification for Batty going I can see, I realised last night.• Yoshida is a slight, quiet man with a grey beard.• He was a good friend - always available to help at the slightest sign of need.• To dread the slightest sneeze or cough that might herald the onset of polio or tuberculosis.• He felt a slight tickling as his old skin blistered.• Throat and neck sensitive to the slightest touch.slight2 verb [transitive]  OFFENDto offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect 侮慢；轻视，冷落 Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back. 没人给德里克回电话，他觉得自己受了冷落。 —slight noun [countable] She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother. 她可能认为这是藐视她当母亲的能力。 a slight to his authority 对他权威的藐视→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

slight• He had left things to others too long, and his sovereignty was in danger of being slighted.• Polly didn't know whether to feel relieved or slighted.• I am used to being ignored and slighted, but mark this well!• Through metaphor Thoreau renders the self and nature in total interrelationship without slighting either half of the duality.• But does the academic agenda of the classroom get slighted in all this?• It was never our intention to slight minority communities.• We feel we are being slighted, or overlooked, or not given our due, etc.• This disillusion causes one to feel neglected, slighted, rejected, etc.• I have never slighted techniques in my teaching, writing, and consulting.felt slighted• She was a girl who took everything as it came her way and never felt slighted or rebuffed.Origin slight1 (1300-1400) Probably from Middle Dutch slicht

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slight¹ S2 W3 /slaɪt/ adjective (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)1. [usually before noun] small in degree
   OPP  big:
    a slight improvement
    a slight increase
    a slight change of plan
    a slight pause
    a slight problem
2. not the slightest chance/doubt/difference etc no chance, doubt etc at all:
    I didn’t have the slightest idea who that man was.
3. someone who is slight is thin and delicate
   OPP  stocky
4. not in the slightest British English spoken not at all:
    ‘Did he mind lending you the car?’ ‘Not in the slightest.’

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slight² verb [transitive]to offend someone by treating them rudely or without respect:
    Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back.
—slight noun [countable]:
    She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother.
    a slight to his authority