They were not much taller than dwarfs, but far slighter and more graceful.

他们不比小矮人高多少，可身材苗条，体态也优美得多。

While a bight is a slighter and smaller indentation.

弯曲是更轻微和更小的压痕。

Philip, who was slighter of build, and less conscientious, suffered less.

菲利普体型较轻， 责任心较差， 因此遭受的痛苦较少。

And indeed he feels somehow younger already—devil knows what it could be, but somehow slighter of build.

事实上，他不知何故感觉自己已经年轻了——鬼知道那是什么， 但不知怎么的， 他的身材更瘦了。

Victory by masterly inactivity was obviously better than conquest, and the slighter the wounds the quicker the healing.

以熟练的无所作为取得胜利显然比征服要好，而且伤口越轻愈合得越快。

Lou was still the slighter of the two, the quicker and more intelligent, but apt to go off at half-cock.

娄仍然是两人中较轻的一个， 速度更快，更聪明，但容易发脾气。

People built slighter and slighter every day, until it was feared that the very science of architecture would in no long time be lost to the world.

日复一日，居民窝棚越发粗制潦草，甚至有人开始担忧，这门盖房技艺无需良久就会失传，无人承继。

Meanwhile, many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane's, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion.

与此同时，许多定居者并没有戴恩那样虔诚，就像一位牧师在海边遇到一些人时听到的那样，那些人嘲弄说他们不是为了宗教来到新大陆的。

Steel and wood included, the entire spear is some ten or twelve feet in length; the staff is much slighter than that of the harpoon, and also of a lighter material—pine.

整个长枪连钢枪头带木杆约有十或十二英尺长；枪杆要比标枪细很多，材料也要更轻一些—是松木的。

Meanwhile, many settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane's, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion.

与此同时，许多定居者并没有戴恩那样虔诚，就像一位牧师在海边遇到一些人时听到的那样，那些人嘲弄说他们不是为了宗教来到新大陆的。