spite

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n. 恶意, 怨恨, 使人烦恼的事物 vt. 故意刁难, 欺侮

发音

US /spaɪt/

词形变化

spites 复数 spited spites 三单 spites spiting spiting 现在分词 spited 过去式 spited 过去分词

别名

spight

教材释义与例句

名词

不顾；恶意；怨恨

动词

刁难；使恼怒

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

    赌气

    不可数

    He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.

    They did it just for spite.

  2. 2.

    Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

    废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

    及物

    She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.

  2. 2.

    To be angry at; to hate.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

    及物
prep.
  1. 1.

    Notwithstanding; despite.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

venom malice nastiness spitefulness bitchiness cattiness maliciousness

上位词 4

malice malevolence malevolency malignity
动词

同义词 5

hurt wound offend bruise injure

上位词 8

fire raise provoke arouse evoke kindle elicit enkindle

下位词 10

insult humble sting humiliate affront diss mortify abase chagrin lacerate

相关短语

in spite of 不管 spite house spite houses spite of spite fence spite wall spite fences spite walls cut off one's nose to spite one's face 损人不利己 cutting off one's nose to spite one's face in spite of someone's teeth in spite of oneself 不由自主地 cuts off one's nose to spite one's face Hamiltonian spite

词源

From Middle English spit, a shortening of despit (whence despite), from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from Latin dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). Compare also North Frisian spīt, spīd (“regret”), Saterland Frisian Spiet (“regret, remorse”), West Frisian spyt (“regret”), Dutch spijt (“regret, remorse”), German Low German Spiet (“anger, regret, remorse”), German Spiet (“annoyance, vexation”), Swedish spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”), Norwegian spit (“insult, outrage, annoyance”).

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