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This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Nirmala about the meaning of the word “slender.”
本周《名师答疑》，我们回答尼尔马拉提出问题：slender是什么意思。
Hello Teacher, I’m Nirmala.
老师您好，我是尼尔马拉。
What does the word “slender” mean?
slender这个词是什么意思？
Thank you, Nirmala.
谢谢你，尼尔马拉。
Thank you for writing to us, Nirmala!
谢谢你给我们写信，尼尔马拉！
As the year starts, many people make new goals.
在新的一年开始之际，人们制定了新的目标。
A large number of them center on losing weight.
其中许多人都关注减肥瘦身。
This is a great time for this question!
现在正好来回答这个问题！
We will talk about the word “slender” and offer some synonyms to help you compare and understand this word better.
我们将讲解slender这个词，并给出一些同义词，帮助你更好地去比较和理解这个词。
The word “slender” is an adjective.
slender是一个形容词。
The first meaning has to do with body shape.
它的第一个意思与体型有关。
Something slender is small around, especially in comparison to its length.
slender表示围度很小，特别是与长度相比。
A slender person has no extra fat and little roundness, usually in an appealing way.
苗条的人没有多余的脂肪，身材也不会太圆，这种瘦通常是好看的瘦。
In other words, slender has a positive connotation when used to describe a person.
换句话说，当用slender来描述一个人的时候，slender是褒义的。
The word “skinny” on the other hand, suggests an underweight condition that is not appealing.
而skinny（干瘦）这个词则暗指体重过轻，瘦得并不好看。
The slender girl could walk through the narrow opening in the fence.
那个苗条的女孩可以从栅栏上的狭窄缺口里穿过去。
Many cultures considered a long, slender neck beautiful.
在许多文化中，人们认为细长的脖子是美丽的。
Some synonyms that you can use in place of “slender” include “slim,” “lean” and “thin.”
有一些同义词可以代替slender，包括slim（苗条纤细）、lean（精瘦）和thin（清瘦）。
These words all have a more positive association to them than “skinny.”
这些词都比skinny更具褒义。
But what separates them from “slender” is the idea that “slender” also includes the association of “graceful.”
但这些词与slender不同的地方在于，slender还有“优雅的”这层含义。
Slender can also be used to describe non-physical things.
slender也可以用来形容非物质的东西。
The mayoral candidate won by a slender number of votes.
市长候选人以微弱的票数获胜。
In that sentence, slender means small.
在这句话中，slender的意思是很少。
Spending money is slender just before payday.
在临近发薪日的时候，能花的钱很少。
In that one, it means limited.
在这句话中，slender的意思是有限的。
The slender glass tube was all that protected the rare sample.
稀有样本全靠这个细长的玻璃试管保护。
In that last sentence, slender means small but also suggests a delicate, or easily breakable, quality.
在最后这句话中，slender的意思是体积小的，但也暗示了一种脆弱的、易破碎的性质。
Please let us know if these explanations and examples have helped you, Nirmala.
尼尔马拉，请让我们知道这些解释和例子是否对你有帮助。
And that’s Ask a Teacher.
以上就是《名师答疑》。
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我是费思·皮尔洛。
