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
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She broke the toy out of spite.
她出于恶意摔坏了玩具。
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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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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
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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。
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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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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)
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spiteful 恶意的,怀恨的形容词形式
同义词
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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
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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
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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。
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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。
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spiteful remark 恶意的话Her spiteful remarks hurt his feelings. 她恶意的话语伤了他的感情。