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slighting

/slahy-ting/US // ˈslaɪ tɪŋ //UK // (ˈslaɪtɪŋ) //

轻视,鄙视,微不足道,亵渎

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : derogatory and disparaging; belittling.

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Examples

  • Phœbe Chiffinch, I am glad to add, was jilted by her uninteresting lover, who little knew what a fortune he was slighting.

  • The latter drew slighting comparisons, and remembered that he was the only one who ever apologised.

  • She puts her chair aside and turns to the steps, adding, with slighting composure, as she passes Crampton.

  • She sits down with slighting indifference, at the end of the table nearest the window.

  • A young man slighting the lovely heroine of the little comedy and making love to her grandmother!