spite
spite 英 [spaɪt] 美 [spaɪt]
n. 不顾；恶意；怨恨 vt. 刁难；使恼怒
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- When your sister told you that you looked terrible in your new tube top, she may have been saying it out of spite, or in a deliberately mean or offensive way.
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- n. 不顾；恶意；怨恨
- vt. 刁难；使恼怒
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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. He fell asleep, in spite of himself.
他还是不由自主地睡着了。
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5. 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。
- spite (n.) c. 1300, shortened form of despit "malice" (see despite). Corresponding to Middle Dutch spijt, Middle Low German spyt, Middle Swedish spit. In 17c. commonly spelled spight. Phrase in spite of is recorded from c. 1400, literally "in defiance or contempt of," hence "notwithstanding." Spite-fence "barrier erected to cause annoyance" is from 1889.
- spite (v.) c. 1400, "dislike, regard with ill will," from spite (n.). Meaning "treat maliciously" is from 1590s (as in "cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face"); earlier "fill with vexation, offend" (1560s). Related: Spited; spiting.
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