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spoil v.宠坏；溺爱；破坏；腐坏；使索然无味n.战利品；奖品 (1) 溺爱的母亲可能会宠坏她的孩子。(2) 这个孩子被他的爷爷给惯坏了。(3) 孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。(4) 他往汤里放盐太多，把汤给糟蹋了。(5) 天热肉会很快地变得腐坏的。(6) 侵略者所到之处无不洗劫一空。 When you spoil something, you mess it up, like spoiling someone's good mood by bringing up a painful memory. Food can also spoil, or become unsafe for eating, and you can spoil a child by always giving him everything he wants, making him unable to cope when things don't go his way. The word spoil comes from the Old French espoillier, to plunder. In fact, things taken by force are called spoils, like the spoils of war.

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英 [spɔɪl] 美 [spɔɪl] (1) A fond mother may spoil her child.(2) The child was spoilt by his grandfather.(3) The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday.(4) He had spoiled the soup by putting in too much salt.(5) Meat will soon spoil in warm weather.(6) The invaders made spoil of all in their way. Spoil is the act of destroying something, or at least ruining its quality. If you spoil a surprise, you tell the secret you were supposed to keep. 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。2[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, spoiledA 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。4[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5[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。相关词组：spoil for

英语单词	spoil
英美音标	英 [spɔɪl] 美 [spɔɪl]
中文释义	v.宠坏；溺爱；破坏；腐坏；使索然无味 n.战利品；奖品
英语例句	(1) A fond mother may spoil her child. (2) The child was spoilt by his grandfather. (3) The children kept quarreling and spoiled our holiday. (4) He had spoiled the soup by putting in too much salt. (5) Meat will soon spoil in warm weather. (6) The invaders made spoil of all in their way.
中文例句	(1) 溺爱的母亲可能会宠坏她的孩子。 (2) 这个孩子被他的爷爷给惯坏了。 (3) 孩子们不断吵架，破坏了我们的假期。 (4) 他往汤里放盐太多，把汤给糟蹋了。 (5) 天热肉会很快地变得腐坏的。 (6) 侵略者所到之处无不洗劫一空。
vocabulary简明	Spoil is the act of destroying something, or at least ruining its quality. If you spoil a surprise, you tell the secret you were supposed to keep.
vocabulary扩展	When you spoil something, you mess it up, like spoiling someone's good mood by bringing up a painful memory. Food can also spoil, or become unsafe for eating, and you can spoil a child by always giving him everything he wants, making him unable to cope when things don't go his way. The word spoil comes from the Old French espoillier, to plunder. In fact, things taken by force are called spoils, like the spoils of war.
柯林斯解释	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。 2 [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。 4 [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 5 [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。相关词组： spoil for

Spoil Spoiled [V N Food Things Verb 动词