spite
- n.恶意;怨恨
- vt.故意使烦恼;存心使苦恼
复数： spites 过去式： spited 现在分词： spiting 过去分词： spited 第三人称单数： spites
spitespite
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PREP-PHRASE 尽管;不顾;虽然
You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.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。
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PREP-PHRASE 不由自主地;不禁
If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.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。
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N-UNCOUNT 恶意;怨恨
If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.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。
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VERB (故意做坏事来)伤害，激怒
If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.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。
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to cut off your nose to spite your face→ see:nose
noun
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- malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- Synonym: cattiness bitchiness spitefulness nastiness
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- feeling a need to see others suffer
- Synonym: malice maliciousness spitefulness venom
verb
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- hurt the feelings of
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
- Synonym: hurt wound injure bruise offend
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She did it out of spite .
她那么做是出于恶意。
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She soon found out that her spite marriage to Bob was a big mistake .
不久，她就发现我跟鲍勃的恶意婚姻是个巨大的错误。
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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。
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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。
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They fell in love in spite of the language barrier .
尽管有语言障碍，他们还是相爱了。
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She is still very active , in spite of her advancing years .
她尽管年事渐高，仍然十分活跃。
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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。
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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。
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In spite of what happened , he never lost the will to live .
尽管如此遭遇，他从未丧失活下去的意志。
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The Derby will be run in spite of the bad weather .
尽管天气恶劣，德比马赛仍将举行。
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In spite of their quarrel , they remain the best of friends .
尽管有过争吵，他们仍是最好的朋友。
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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。
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In spite of his disappointment , he managed a weak smile .
尽管他很失望，他还是勉强露出一丝淡淡的微笑。
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They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences .
他们尽管性格不同，但仍然友情甚笃。
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In spite of many defeats , they still had plenty of fight left in them .
他们尽管多次失败，但仍然斗志昂扬。
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In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment .
尽管遇到的是些令人尴尬的问题，部长却没有丝毫的失误。
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He fell asleep , in spite of himself .
他还是不由得睡着了。
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They duly arrived at 9.30 in spite of torrential rain .
尽管下着倾盆大雨，他们仍在9:30准时到达了。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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In spite of the recession , profits have galloped ahead .
尽管还处于萧条期，利润却迅猛增长。
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In spite of great peril , I have survived
虽然处境非常危险，我还是挺过来了。
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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。
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In spite of his otherwise excellent vision , he found he was colour-blind .
尽管他视力很好，他却发现自己是个色盲。
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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。
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He intends to try to leave the country , in spite of a government order cancelling his passport
尽管政府已经下令吊销他的护照，他还是试图要离开该国。
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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。
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In spite of a dismal record at school , she narrowly squeaked into design school .
尽管在学校的成绩很糟糕，她还是勉强进入了设计学校。
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