slighted
slighted — 形容詞
- slightedpositive
- more slightedcomparative
- most slightedsuperlative
1. upset because another person has ignored you, dismissed your opinion, or acted a
受冷落
因被忽視或不被尊重而感到受傷
upset because another person has ignored you, dismissed your opinion, or acted as though you are not worth their time
Élise felt slighted when her colleagues made the decision without asking her opinion.
Élise 感到受冷落，因為同事們沒徵求她的意見就做了決定。
felt slighted + when-clause for describing the triggering event
Hassan was slighted that nobody remembered his ten-year anniversary at the hospital.
Hassan 感到受冷落，因為沒有人記得他在醫院工作了十年。
The artist looked slighted after the interviewer skipped past her latest exhibition entirely.
那位藝術家看起來受冷落了，因為採訪者完全跳過了她最新的展覽。
Mizuki tried to hide it, but I could tell she was slighted by the sarcastic remark.
Mizuki 試著掩飾，但我看得出來她因為那句挖苦的話而感到受冷落。
passive: be slighted by + [the offending action]
Jin, usually chatty at family dinners, went quiet — clearly slighted by his uncle's dismissive wave.
Jin 在家庭聚餐時通常很健談，卻沉默了——顯然是因為他舅舅輕蔑的揮手而感到受冷落。
- felt slighted
- looked slighted
- deeply slighted
- visibly slighted
用法筆記
Describes the emotional result of being treated as unimportant (see verb sense 1). Usually appears after feel, look, seem, or be.
常見錯誤
slighted — 動詞
- slightedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- slighteds3rd person singular
- slighteding-ing form
- slightededpast simple
1. to ignore or dismiss someone in a way that shows you think they are not worth yo
冷落；輕視
以忽視或輕蔑的態度對待某人
to ignore or dismiss someone in a way that shows you think they are not worth your attention or respect
Indra felt the hiring manager slighted him by not even reading his portfolio before the rejection.
Indra 覺得那位招聘經理冷落了他，連他的作品集都沒看就拒絕了他。
slight + [someone] + by + [dismissive action]
Eitan was hurt when the committee slighted his years of volunteer work during the award ceremony.
Eitan 很受傷，因為委員會在頒獎典禮上冷落了他多年的志工服務。
The principal slighted the entire science department by cancelling their budget without a single meeting.
校長連一場會議都沒開就取消了整個科學部門的預算，冷落了他們。
Greta didn't mean to slight her brother's cooking — she was just too ill to eat anything that evening.
Greta 並不是故意輕視她哥哥做的菜——她只是當晚病得吃不下任何東西。
negative: didn't mean to slight + [possessive noun]
Omar noticed the waiter slighted the elderly couple at table six, serving everyone else first.
Omar 注意到服務生冷落了六號桌的那對老夫婦，先服務了其他所有人。
- deliberately slight
- unintentionally slight
- felt slighted by
文法句型
slight + [someone]
用法筆記
Object is always a person or group of people. The slight can be delivered through actions (ignoring, excluding) or words (dismissive remarks). Distinguish from sense 2, where the object is a task or duty.
常見錯誤
2. to carry out a task or responsibility with too little care or effort, treating i
敷衍；草率
以敷衍或輕忽的態度執行任務
to carry out a task or responsibility with too little care or effort, treating it as if it does not matter
The night-shift nurse was fired for slighting her duties — she had skipped three patient checks in one night.
那位夜班護士因草率處理她的職責而被開除——她一個晚上就跳過了三次病人檢查。
slight + [duty/responsibility]; formal register
Liam slighted the project report and his manager noticed the missing data right away.
Liam 敷衍了那份專案報告，他的主管立刻發現了缺失的數據。
The contractor slighted the safety inspection, and two weeks later a balcony railing came loose.
承包商敷衍了安全檢查，兩週後一個陽台欄杆就鬆脫了。
slight + [obligation]; shows consequence of carelessness
If you slight your training as a new paramedic, real patients will suffer the consequences.
如果你敷衍了作為新進救護員的訓練，真正的病人就會承受後果。
Ignacio was criticised for slighting several key sources in his supposedly definitive biography.
Ignacio 被批評在他那本號稱權威的傳記中敷衍了幾份關鍵資料。
- slight one's duties
- slight one's work
- slight a task
文法句型
slight + [task/duty]
用法筆記
Object is always a task, duty, or obligation — never a person. Compare with sense 1, where the object is a person or group. More common in formal or written English.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
副詞搭配
- deliberately slighted
常用片語
- feel slighted
- look slighted