adv. 些微地, 苗条地
It’s about “repeating the process, but each time doing something slightly different to improve the result”.
四级 · CET-4 2025年12月 第2套 · Part III 第36–45题
A phantom jam begins when a car in dense traffic slows down even slightly, which causes the car behind that vehicle to slow even more — and the slowing action spreads backward through the lane of traffic like a wave, getting worse the farther it spreads, Eventually, the cars far behind are forced to stop completely or risk hitting the slower vehicles ahead — and so the traffic grinds to a halt over nothing, Horn said.
四级 · CET-4 2025年6月 第3套 · Part III 第36–45题
For every three nature-related words in hit songs of the 1950s, researchers found, there was only slightly more than one 50 years later.
四级 · CET-4 2024年12月 第1套 · Part III 第46–50题
J) Even if bottled water sales are growing slightly more slowly, the industry is racing to adapt to changing concerns and tastes.
四级 · CET-4 2024年12月 第2套 · Part III 第36–45题
N) Many cultures have traditional names for the full moon in a given month or season, so there's quite a list to draw from if you're trying to really juice up a story on a slightly-bigger-than-average view of the moon.
六级 · CET-6 2024年12月 第2套 · Part III 第36–45题