slight与insult在英语中均可表示"冒犯",但语义强度和用法存在明显差异:
1. 词义强度差异
- slight(轻度冒犯)
多指无意的怠慢或疏忽,如:She felt slighted when he forgot her birthday.(他忘记生日使她感到被轻视)
- insult(严重侮辱)
指蓄意的言语/行为侮辱,如:Calling him lazy was a direct insult.(说他懒惰是直接侮辱)
2. 典型搭配特征
- slight常接:
? 抽象名词:a slight oversight(小疏忽)
? 程度修饰:rather slight(相当轻微) ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
To overthrow; to demolish.
To make even or level.
To throw heedlessly.
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
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.
Not stout or heavy; slender.
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
Slightly.
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.
An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
To overthrow; to demolish.
To make even or level.
To throw heedlessly.
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
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.
Not stout or heavy; slender.
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
Slightly.
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.
An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.