| 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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