| 词汇 | spite |
| 释义 | spite noun uk /spaɪt/ us /spaɪt/ spitenoun (DESPITE)in spite of something B1 (used before one fact that makes another fact surprising) despite: 尽管;不顾，不管 In spite of his injury, Ricardo will play in Saturday's match.尽管里卡多有伤在身，星期六的比赛他仍会出场。 in spite of yourself used when you do something that you do not intend to do and are trying not to do: 不由自主地 She started to laugh, in spite of herself.她不由自主地笑了起来。 spitenoun (HURT)C2[ U ] a feeling of anger towards another person that makes someone want to annoy, upset, or hurt them, especially in a small way: 恶意；怨恨 out of/from spiteHe's the sort of man who would let down the tyres on your car just out of/from spite.他是那种会为了泄愤而让你车胎瘪掉的人。 Anger and displeasure acrimony anger animus annoyance bad feeling flap fuss get the humpidiom grit grit your teethidiom grudge hard feelingsidiom huff irritation rancour red mist reprehension resentfulness resentment road rage GrammarIn spite of and despite In spite of and despite are prepositional expressions. … spite verb[ T ] uk /spaɪt/ us /spaɪt/ to intentionally annoy, upset, or hurt someone: 刁难;存心使苦恼;故意伤害 I almost think he died without making a will just to spite his family.我都有些认为他死前不立遗嘱就是存心要为难他的家人。 Synonyms hurt wound(UPSET) Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone hit someone where it hurtsidiom ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose prey prey on something put someone through something put upon tyranny uncared for use victimization victimize spite | American Dictionaryspite noun[ U ] us/spɑɪt/ the desire to annoy, upset, or hurt someone: He let the air out of your tires just for spite. spiteverb[ T ]us/spɑɪt/ I think he died without making a will just to spite his family. spitefuladjectiveus/ˈspɑɪt·fəl/ They were just spiteful gossips spreading rumors. Idiomin spite of something Examples of spitespite Moreover, he would be spiting himself and his successors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it likely that they will place orders for locomotives and rolling stock in the dearest markets simply for the purpose of spiting private firms? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From a national point of view it is too expensive for them to vent little spites of that sort in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we are not spiting our faces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a number of gentlemen who have personal spites of a matrimonial nature which they would take the opportunity of remedying under the cover of disorder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In spite of these investments, the cocoa industry stagnated during the oil boom years. Contributing to a personal pension in spite of low earnings was much more common among women than men. In spite of the rapid spread of agent technology, there is, as yet, little evidence of an engineering approach to the development of agent-based systems. In spite of having a low number of items, the internal consistenc ies are satisfactory or good. In spite of an increasing number of females engaging in the musical profession, the textbooks hardly mention famous female composers and performers. Further, the percent carbon-13 in acetate decreased with time in spite of the increase in the percent carbon-13 in glucose. During the last twenty-five years, however, not much seems to have happened, in spite of the advent of digital recording technology. In spite of this pessimistic assessment, there seems to be a theoretical possibility by which the output of a laser can be increased substantially. In spite of this, his speech is still far more standardized than that of his audience interlocutors for variables (r) and (l). In spite of the fact that it is kept in the name of the book, the name is wrong. See all examples of spite These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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