Derek felt slighted when no one phoned him back.

【slight】没人给德里克回电话，他觉得自己受了冷落。

Without some equality, people may feel slighted and try to cheat the system, like by putting in fewer hours during the work day.

如果没有平等，人们可能会感到被忽视，并在团队中舞弊，比如在工作日中少干些活儿。

He created characters of great power functioning at the highest levels of society but who on some level felt maligned by society; felt slighted or wronged.

他创造的人物拥有强大的权力，处在社会最高层，但在某种程度上却感到被社会诽谤、感到被怠慢或被冤枉。