slighter 轻微的
细小的
无须重视的(slight的比较级)
- Her figure was slighter and therefore more seductive than Natalie.
她的身段比较苗条,因此比娜塔丽更加诱人。 - He'd better have kept his distance; my master quickly sprang erect, and struck him full on the throat a blow that would have levelled a slighter man.
他还不如站远些,因为我的主人很快地就站直了,结结实实地朝他喉头一击。 这一击都可以把瘦弱一点的人打倒。 - Perched on stage beside the hulking figure of Arnold Schwarzenegger last weekend, Alibaba boss, Jack Ma, looked slighter than ever.
与壮硕的阿诺德·施瓦辛格同台亮相,阿里巴巴的老板马云显得格外袖珍。
Slight \Slight\, a. [Compar. {Slighter}; superl. {Slightest}.]
[OE. sli?t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple,
plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht,
schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl?ttr smooth, Sw.
sl["a]t, Goth. sla['i]hts; or uncertain origin.]
1. 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. ``At one slight bound.'' --Milton.
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
--Pope.
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
--Locke.
2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. --Hudibras.
Slighter \Slight"er\, n.
One who slights.