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spoil

[spɔɪl]spoiled, spoiling, spoils

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spoiled[7444] spoiling[1961] spoils[1932] spoilt[1896]
破坏(59%),溺爱(15%),宠坏(13%),战利品(7%),腐坏(3%),奖品(2%),使索然无味(1%)
n.次品;奖品
vt.溺爱;糟蹋;破坏;掠夺
vi.掠夺;变坏;腐败
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/spɔ͟ɪl/
American English uses the form spoiled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spoiled or spoilt. 美国英语中过去式和过去分词为 spoiled,英国英语中可用 spoiled 或 spoilt。
1
[VERB 动词]弄糟;损坏;破坏 If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.
  [V n]
  • It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life...

    重要的是不要让错误毁了你的生活。

  • Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.

    宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。

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[VERB 动词]溺爱,宠坏(孩子) If you spoil children, you give them everything they want or ask for. This is considered to have a bad effect on a child's character.
  [V n]
  • Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.

    祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。

spoilt, spoiled
  • A spoilt child is rarely popular with other children...

    被宠坏的孩子很难得到其他孩子的喜爱。

  • Oh, that child. He's so spoiled.

    哦,那个孩子。他被宠坏了。

3
[VERB 动词]犒赏(自己或他人) If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them.
  [V pron-refl]
  [V n]
  • Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer...

    今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。

  • Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts, but I wanted to spoil him. He was my man.

    也许我可以雇别人来熨他的衬衫,但我想好好宠他。他是我爱的男人。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(食物)变坏;(使)腐坏 If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten.
  [V]
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid...

    我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。

  • Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning...

    有些生物会导致食物变质并引起食物中毒。

  • Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit.

    去年我的一些苹果被果内的虫子给蛀坏了。

  • ...the potential health problems from spoiled food.

    变质食物可能引起的健康问题

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[VERB 动词](因在其上写违法的内容而)使(选票)无效 If someone spoils their vote, they write something illegal on their voting paper, usually as a protest about the election, and their vote is not accepted.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  [BRIT 英]
  • They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers...

    他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。

  • The results showed that 7.2% of the voters cast blank or spoiled ballots.

    结果显示,7.2 %的选民投了空白或无效票。

6
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]战利品;因成功获得的好处 The spoils of something are things that people get as a result of winning a battle or of doing something successfully.
  [usu with supp]
  • True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war...

    按照军事惯例,胜者正在分享战利品。

  • Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.

    相互争斗的军阀及外国列强们正在争夺政治上的收益。

7
[PHRASE 短语]可供选择的东西众多 If you say that someone is spoilt for choice or spoiled for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from.
  [v-link PHR]
  • At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.

    到了午餐时间,议员们有 26 家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。

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spoil / spɔɪl ; NAmE spɔɪl /
verb
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noun
spoil spoils spoilt spoiled spoiling
verb ( spoiled , spoiled / spɔɪld ; NAmE spɔɪld / ) ( BrE also spoilt , spoilt / spɔɪlt ; NAmE spɔɪlt / ) 1 [transitive ] spoilsth to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc. 破坏;搞坏;糟蹋;毁掉 SYN
ruin
Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather. 天气不好,破坏了我们的露营旅行。 Don't let him spoil your evening. 别让他搞得你一晚上不开心。 The tall buildings have spoiled the view. 那些高楼大厦破坏了这一带的景致。 Don't eat too many nuts—you'll spoil your appetite (= will no longer be hungry at the proper time to eat). 别吃太多坚果,会影响你的食欲。 ( BrE) spoiled ballot papers (= not valid because not correctly marked) 废选票
2 [transitive ] spoilsb to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour 溺爱;娇惯;宠坏 SYN
overindulge
She spoils those kids of hers. 她那几个孩子给她宠坏了。
3 [transitive ] spoilsb/yourself to make sb/yourself happy by doing sth special 善待;格外关照 Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel? 为什么不到顶级饭店度个周末,让自己享受享受呢? He really spoiled me on my birthday. 我生日那天他真让我受宠若惊。 4 [intransitive ] (of food 食物 ) to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten 变坏;变质;腐败 SYN go off IDIOMS be ˈspoiling for a fight to want to fight with sb very much 按捺不住想打架 spoil the ˌship for a ha'p'orth/ha'pennyworth of ˈtar ( saying) to spoil sth good because you did not spend enough money or time on a small but essential part of it 因小失大 more at
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noun 1 the spoils [plural ] ( formal or literary) goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war 赃物;战利品;掠夺物 2 spoils [plural ] the profits or advantages that sb gets from being successful 成功所带来的好处;权力地位的连带利益 the spoils of high office 身居高位的连带利益 3 [uncountable ] ( technical 术语 ) waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc. (开掘等时挖出的)弃土,废石方 spoil / spɔɪl ; NAmE spɔɪl / spoiled / spɔɪld ; NAmE spɔɪld / spoilt / spɔɪlt ; NAmE spɔɪlt /
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spoilspoil1 /spɔɪl/ ●●● S3 verb (past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt /spɔɪlt/ British English)
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1damage [transitive] to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc SYN  ruin:  The whole park is spoiled by litter. We didn’t let the incident spoil our day. I don’t want to spoil your fun. Why do you always have to spoil everything? spoil/ruin your appetite
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2treat too kindly [transitive] to give a child everything they want, or let them do whatever they want, often with the result that they behave badly:  She’s an only child, but they didn’t really spoil her. His mother and sisters spoil him rotten (=spoil him very much).3treat kindly [transitive] to look after someone in a way that is very kind or too kind:  You’ll have to let me spoil you on your birthday.spoil yourself Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.4decay [intransitive] to start to decay:  Food will spoil if the temperature in your freezer rises above 8°C.5voting [transitive] British English to mark a ballot paper wrongly so that your vote is not included6be spoiling for a fight/argument to be very eager to fight or argue with someoneTHESAURUSspoil to have a bad effect on something so that it is much less attractive, enjoyable etc: · New housing developments are spoiling the countryside.· The bad weather completely spoiled our holiday.ruin to spoil something completely and permanently: · Using harsh soap to wash your face can ruin your skin.· The argument ruined the evening for me.mar written to spoil something by making it less attractive or enjoyable: · His handsome Arab features were marred by a long scar across his face.· Outbreaks of fighting marred the New Year celebrations.detract from something to slightly spoil something that is generally very good, beautiful, or impressive: · The huge number of tourists rather detracts from the city’s appeal.· There were a few minor irritations, but this did not detract from our enjoyment of the holiday.undermine to spoil something that you have been trying to achieve: · The bombings undermined several months of careful negotiations.sour to spoil a friendly relationship between people or countries: · The affair has soured relations between the UK and Russia.poison to spoil a close relationship completely, so that people can no longer trust each other: · Their marriage was poisoned by a terrible dark secret.mess something up informal to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned: · If there’s any delay, it will mess up our whole schedule.
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1spoils [plural] formal a)the things that someone gets by being successful:  They tried to take more than a fair share of the spoils. b)things taken by an army from a defeated enemy, or things taken by thievesthe spoils of war/victory etc2[uncountable] waste material such as earth and stones from a mine or hole in the ground:  spoil heaps

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