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单词 slighting
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Definition of slighting in English:

slighting

adjectiveˈslʌɪtɪŋˈslaɪdɪŋ
  • Showing a lack of respect; insulting or disparaging.

    slighting references to the errors of our political economists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, Durkheim did not directly transpose this rather slighting view of economic pursuits from the context of preliterate, tribal existence to that of more advanced societies.
    • Remember that this was a period of time when any remark that might be deemed slighting or offensive could lead to a duel.
    • There are the slighting, sneering references to the "muscular Christianity" of Tony Blair, whom the original presents as " Bush's Iraq soulmate ".
    • I do not mean those analogies to be either pejorative or slighting; abused lovers and children deserve better.
    • You have plenty of in-principle reasons to officially cool things off with him - that is, none is personally slighting or insulting.
    • They include a close, often bemused knowledge of one's fellow villagers, and linguistic expedients such as giving slighting nicknames, telling humorous anecdotes, and composing satirical ballads.
    • The slighting bequest of his "second-best bed" was added later.
    • The antipathy of the Yankee stars was allegedly touched off by a slighting remark Gehrig's mother made about the way Mrs Ruth dressed their daughter.
    • The slighting references to "bad science," which appear in Saunders's article, only betray a rather undergraduate notion of what science is and how it is done.
    • Never let your tongue say a slighting word of a colleague.
    • After seeking to invalidate most of the charges, the Rabbis turned to the most important point, and acknowledged that the Talmud, contained slighting references to a certain Jesus.
    • This idiosyncrasy was well known to his friends, who, whenever things became a little dull, were accustomed to make slighting remarks on Akiyama's inefficiency as a "death-dealer."
    • In a broadcast in October 1939 Daladier specifically declared that this was not a war against Fascism; the censors were instructed to bar any slighting references to Mussolini.
    • Lesser-used sounds slighting!
    • Artfully, I must confess, I mentioned that The Herald of the same day had spoken warmly about some slighting remark concerning Holmes made in the House the previous night.
    • There has been mischief done by slighting criticism and by inconsiderate words.

Derivatives

  • slightingly

  • adverb ˈslʌɪtɪŋliˈslaɪdɪŋli
    • Do not some persons speak slightingly of united prayer?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Flavia spoke slightingly of him, yet encouraged him to pursue her.
      • He has been slightingly treated by many Scottish historians, but he had little opportunity to reveal his abilities and there is no contemporary comment on his character.
      • One reason why we are likely to speak slightingly of the ethics of the politician is that he can never exhibit his good qualities systematically.
      • ‘It has been the fashion in this country to speak slightingly of West,’ Lester acknowledged, but this was simply wrong; West, he declared, was ‘the pioneer and father of American Artists.’
 
 

Definition of slighting in US English:

slighting

adjectiveˈslaɪdɪŋˈslīdiNG
  • Showing a lack of respect; insulting or disparaging.

    slighting references to the errors of our political economists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, Durkheim did not directly transpose this rather slighting view of economic pursuits from the context of preliterate, tribal existence to that of more advanced societies.
    • After seeking to invalidate most of the charges, the Rabbis turned to the most important point, and acknowledged that the Talmud, contained slighting references to a certain Jesus.
    • Never let your tongue say a slighting word of a colleague.
    • In a broadcast in October 1939 Daladier specifically declared that this was not a war against Fascism; the censors were instructed to bar any slighting references to Mussolini.
    • Remember that this was a period of time when any remark that might be deemed slighting or offensive could lead to a duel.
    • This idiosyncrasy was well known to his friends, who, whenever things became a little dull, were accustomed to make slighting remarks on Akiyama's inefficiency as a "death-dealer."
    • I do not mean those analogies to be either pejorative or slighting; abused lovers and children deserve better.
    • The slighting bequest of his "second-best bed" was added later.
    • They include a close, often bemused knowledge of one's fellow villagers, and linguistic expedients such as giving slighting nicknames, telling humorous anecdotes, and composing satirical ballads.
    • You have plenty of in-principle reasons to officially cool things off with him - that is, none is personally slighting or insulting.
    • Artfully, I must confess, I mentioned that The Herald of the same day had spoken warmly about some slighting remark concerning Holmes made in the House the previous night.
    • The antipathy of the Yankee stars was allegedly touched off by a slighting remark Gehrig's mother made about the way Mrs Ruth dressed their daughter.
    • There are the slighting, sneering references to the "muscular Christianity" of Tony Blair, whom the original presents as " Bush's Iraq soulmate ".
    • Lesser-used sounds slighting!
    • There has been mischief done by slighting criticism and by inconsiderate words.
    • The slighting references to "bad science," which appear in Saunders's article, only betray a rather undergraduate notion of what science is and how it is done.
 
 
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