slight
英 [slaɪt] 美 [slaɪt]
【常用被动】侮慢、冷落、轻视
- I felt slighted when my boss thanked everyone but me for their hard work.
我的老板感谢了每个人所付出的艰辛劳动，唯独没有感谢我，这让我感到自己受到了轻视。
pejorative
英 [pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv] 美 [pɪˈdʒɔːrətɪv]
贬损的、轻蔑的
- Make sure students realize that "fat" is a pejorative word.
一定要让学生明白 fat（肥胖）是贬损词。 - It comes as quite a shock to still hear a judge describing a child as "illegitimate", with all the pejorative overtones of that word.
令人大为震惊的是，尽管“私生子”一词带有强烈的贬义，但现在仍能听到法官称某个孩子为私生子。
kudos
英 [ˈkjuːdɒs] 美 [ˈkuːdɑːs]
（随某成就或地位而来的）荣誉、威信、光荣、名声
- Being an actor has a certain amount of kudos attached to it.
做演员就伴有一定的职业光环。
venerate
英 [ˈvenəreɪt] 美 [ˈvenəreɪt]
【正式用语】敬重、崇敬、敬仰
- Robert Burns is Scotland's most venerated poet.
罗伯特·彭斯是苏格兰最受尊崇的诗人。
belittle
英 [bɪˈlɪtl] 美 [bɪˈlɪtl]
贬低、小看
- Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts.
虽然她花了几个钟头修电脑，他却无视她的努力。 - Stop belittling yourself - your work is highly valued.
别小看你自己——你的工作很有价值。
（拓展学习：小词详解 | belittle）
commend
英 [kəˈmend] 美 [kəˈmend]
赞扬、称赞、表彰
- The judge commended her for/on her bravery.
法官称赞了她的勇敢。 - For a low-budget film, it has much to commend it.
作为一部低预算影片，它有不少值得称道之处。
revere
英 [rɪˈvɪə(r)] 美 [rɪˈvɪr]
【正式用语】尊敬、崇敬
- The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven.
中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 - Nelson Mandela is revered for his brave fight against apartheid.
纳尔逊‧曼德拉与种族隔离制度进行了无畏斗争，赢得了世人的崇敬。
