spite

英 [spaɪt]

美 [spaɪt]

n.  恶意; 怨恨
v.  故意使烦恼; 存心使苦恼

现在分词：spiting　过去式：spited　第三人称单数：spites　过去分词：spited　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.14563 / COCA.4179

习惯用语

n.

in spite of sth
• 不管；尽管
  if you say that sb did sth in spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that that fact did not prevent them from doing it
• In spite of his age, he still leads an active life.
  尽管年事已高，他依旧过着一种忙碌的生活。
• They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs.
  他们无视所有那些危险水域告示牌，还是去游泳了。
• English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
  虽然当地居民主要是中国人，英语却成了商业上正式使用的语言。
in spite of yourself
• 不由自主地
  if you do sth in spite of yourself , you do it although you did not intend or expect to
• He fell asleep, in spite of himself.
  他还是不由得睡着了。

v.

cut off your nose to spite your face
• （恼怒之下）伤人害己，损人不利己
  to do sth when you are angry that is meant to harm sb else but which also harms you

牛津词典

noun

• 恶意；怨恨
  a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset sb
  1. I'm sure he only said it out of spite .
     我相信他只是为了泄愤才那么说的。

verb

• 故意使烦恼；存心使苦恼
  to deliberately annoy or upset sb
  1. They're playing the music so loud just to spite us.
     他们把音乐放得这么响就是存心要搅扰我们。

柯林斯词典

• PREP-PHRASE 尽管;不顾;虽然
  You usein spite ofto introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 somethingin spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 ofspite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 cruelto spitesomeone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.
  1. 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。
• tocut offyournose to spiteyourface→ see:nose

英英释义

noun

• malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
  Synonym:cattinessbitchinessspitefulnessnastiness
• feeling a need to see others suffer
  Synonym:malicemaliciousnessspitefulnessvenom

verb

• hurt the feelings of
  1. She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
  2. This remark really bruised my ego
  Synonym:hurtwoundinjurebruiseoffend

双语例句

• In spite of the recession, profits have galloped ahead.
  尽管还处于萧条期，利润却迅猛增长。
• In spite of his injuries, the young man stuck it out.
  那小伙子受了伤，还硬挺着把活干完。
• There is evidence that the industry's greed means that it is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
  有证据表明该产业的贪婪是在作茧自缚。
• In spite of the travelling and the late night, she did not feel tired.
  尽管旅途劳顿，而且睡得很晚，她并没觉得累。
• In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken
  我外表看似镇定，实则吓得不轻。
• They are both very cheerful in spite of their colds
  他们俩虽然感冒了，可都兴高采烈的。
• They saw their bills rising steadily, in spite of superhuman efforts to save water.
  尽管他们已想方设法节约用水，水费仍旧在稳步上升。
• 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。
• In spite of her hostility, she was attracted to him
  尽管自己心存敌意，她还是为他所吸引。
• In spite of numerous defeats, they still had plenty of fight left in them.
  虽然他们失败过很多次，但仍然斗志昂扬。