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单词 spite
音标
英[spaɪt] 美[spaɪt]
解释
n.恶意;怨恨;恶事;vt.向…表示恶意;欺负;刁难;泄愤;
例句

PREP-PHRASE
尽管;不顾;虽然
You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
例:Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage...尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
例:Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。

PREP-PHRASE
不由自主地;不禁
If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.
例:The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself...这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。
例:She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.她被深深地打动了,禁不住为之动容。

N-UNCOUNT
恶意;怨恨
If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.
例:I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...我拒绝和她离婚,就是为了出口恶气。
例:Never had she met such spite and pettiness.她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。

VERB
(故意做坏事来)伤害,激怒
If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.
例:Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去,存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。
变形
third:spites~done:spited~pl:spites~ing:spiting~past:spited~

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