spite

/spaɪt/ noun / verb
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

恶意,怨恨;故意为难他人的心态;故意使某人生气或难堪

释义与例句

noun 恶意,怨恨;故意为难他人的心态
a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone
  1. She broke the toy out of spite.
    她出于恶意摔坏了玩具。
  2. There is no spite in his words; he is just joking.
    他的话没有恶意,只是在开玩笑。
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  1. He refused to help her purely out of spite.
    他拒绝帮她完全是出于怨恨。
verb 故意使某人生气或难堪
to deliberately annoy, upset, or annoy someone
  1. He wore the loud shirt just to spite his mother.
    他穿那件花哨的衬衫就是为了气他妈妈。
  2. She left early to spite her boss.
    她早早离开就是为了让老板难堪。
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  1. They cancelled the event to spite the organizers.
    他们取消活动是为了跟组织者作对。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 spite 联想 spiteful(充满怨恨的),常见短语 in spite of(尽管)

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • spiteful 恶意的,怀恨的
    形容词形式
同义词
  • malice 恶意,怨恨
    malice 比 spite 更正式、程度更深,常指蓄意伤害。
    There was no malice in his actions. 他的行为没有恶意。
反义词
  • kindness 善意,善良
    kindness 表示友善和善意,与 spite 的恶意相对。
    She showed great kindness to strangers. 她对陌生人十分友善。
常见搭配
  • in spite of 尽管,不管
    In spite of the rain, we went hiking. 尽管下雨,我们还是去徒步了。
  • out of spite 出于恶意
    He did it out of spite, not by accident. 他是出于恶意做的,不是意外。
  • spiteful remark 恶意的话
    Her spiteful remarks hurt his feelings. 她恶意的话语伤了他的感情。