slight

/slʌɪt/

意味: 軽視

例文: Lena took the small cake slice as a slight.
　　  レナは小さなケーキを侮辱だと受け取った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: slight chance(わずかな可能性), slight difference(わずかな違い), slight increase(わずかな増加)

定義: 少しだけの、わずかな、または重要でないことを表します。何かが少しだけある、またはほとんどないことを示すときに使います。たとえば、変化や違いがほとんど感じられない場合に「slight」を使います。

slightは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Verb: pay no attention to, disrespect
Adjective: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a’) at least some
Adjective: lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame”
Adjective: being of delicate or slender build; – Frank Norris

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

There was a slight delay in the meeting start time.(会議の開始がわずかに遅れました。)
She showed a slight smile when she saw the gift.(彼女はプレゼントを見てわずかに微笑んだ。)
The car has a slight scratch on the door.(車のドアに小さな傷があります。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
Adjective: little rain fell in May
Adjective: gave it little thought
Adjective: little time is left
Adjective: we still have little money
Adjective: a little hope remained
Adjective: there’s slight chance that it will work
Adjective: there’s a slight chance it will work
Adjective: slight evidence
Adjective: a tenuous argument
Adjective: a thin plot
Adjective: she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
Adjective: a slim girl with straight blonde hair
Adjective: watched her slight figure cross the street

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cold-shoulder, flimsy, fragile, little, rebuff, slender, slight, slim, svelte, tenuous, thin

Antonyms(反意語): much

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): discourtesy, dismiss

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): derision, discredit, disoblige, indelicacy, insolence, insult, laugh off, pass off, presumption, rebuff, scoff, shrug off, slight, turn a blind eye

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): silent treatment, snub

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: cold shoulder, rebuff, slenderness, slight, slightness, slimness, tenuity, thinness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: