单词 | spite |
释义 | spite /spait; spait/ n 1 [U] ill will; desire to cause pain or damage: 恶 4; 息意; 使遭受痛苦或损害的意愿: do sth out of/from 出于恶意做某事。 2 (with indef art) grudge: (与不定冠词连用)怨恨: have a ~ against sb; 怨恨某人; do sth to satisfy a private 做某事泄私怨。 3 (prep phrase) (介词片语) in ~ of, not to be prevented by; notwithstanding: 虽然; 不顾; 尽管…仍: They went out in ~ of the rain. 尽管下雨,他们仍然外出。 In ~ of all his efforts he failed. 他虽然做了各种努力,仍然失败了。 vt [VP6A] injure or annoy because of ~: 因怨恨而伤害或搅扰; 向…泄愤; 刁难: The neighbours let their radio blare every afternoon just to ~ us. 隣居每天下午故意把收音机的声音开得很大,以向我们泄愤。 ~ful /-fl; -fsl/ adj having, showing, ~. 有恶意的; 怀恨的。 ~fully /-fall; -5sll/ adv ~fulness n |
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