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单词 spoils
释义

spoil

1 of 2

verb

ˈspȯi(-ə)l How to pronounce spoil (audio)
spoiled ˈspȯi(-ə)ld How to pronounce spoil (audio)
ˈspȯi(-ə)lt
or chiefly British spoilt ˈspȯi(-ə)lt How to pronounce spoil (audio) ; spoiling

transitive verb

1
a
: to damage seriously : ruin
b
: to impair the quality or effect of
a quarrel spoiled the celebration
2
a
: to impair the disposition or character of by overindulgence or excessive praise
b
: to pamper excessively : coddle
3
a
: pillage, rob
b
archaic : despoil, strip
4
archaic : to seize by force

intransitive verb

1
: to lose valuable or useful qualities usually as a result of decay
the fruit spoiled
2
: to have an eager desire
spoiling for a fight
3
: to practice plunder and robbery
spoilable
ˈspȯi-lə-bəl How to pronounce spoil (audio)
adjective

spoil

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: plunder taken from an enemy in war or from a victim in robbery : loot
b
: something valuable or desirable gained through special effort or opportunism or in return for a favor
usually used in plural
c
: public offices made the property of a successful party
usually used in plural
2
a
: spoliation, plundering
b
: the act of damaging : harm, impairment
3
: an object of plundering : prey
4
: earth and rock excavated or dredged
5
: an object damaged or flawed in the making

Synonyms

Verb

  • blemish
  • darken
  • mar
  • poison
  • stain
  • taint
  • tarnish
  • touch
  • vitiate

Noun

  • booty
  • loot
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • swag
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Verb The fight spoiled the party. The camping trip was spoiled by bad weather. Don't let one mistake spoil your day. Don't spoil your appetite by snacking too much. Exposure to air will spoil the wine. I spoiled the sauce by adding too much garlic. The milk was beginning to spoil. The hotel spoils their guests with fine dining and excellent service. She always spoils me on my birthday. You should spoil yourself with a day at the spa. Noun the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
In addition to producing more of this compound, the snapdragon genes seem to have another beneficial effect: The tomatoes don’t soften and spoil as quickly as others. WIRED, 15 Sep. 2022 In other words, there’s a chance Carolina can spoil the good feelings. Tom Canavan, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022 Additionally, Faulkner was happy to spoil a big company secret. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022 The Bruins made the return trip to Tuscaloosa the following season and won 20-17 at Bryant-Denny Stadium to spoil the debut of head coach Dennis Franchione. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Can the rebuilding Seahawks, behind QB Geno Smith, pull off an upset at home and spoil Wilson's coming-home party? Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 According to sources, some of the highest-profile leaks over the past year were not the result of a VFX artist intentionally sharing something online in an insidious attempt to spoil a movie. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 However, the design overall is fairly sleek and simple, with no obtrusive branding to spoil the look of your home. Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022 After nine third-down conversions, and 183 rushing yards from DeWayne McBride, UAB piled up 31 points to spoil BYU’s 10-win season. Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
Noun
New York, after initial opposition, agreed previously on the establishment of dredge spoil disposal sites in the western and central Sound. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 2 Sep. 2022 Please, nobody spoil Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Elizabeth Olsen on … Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 June 2022 Can Trae Young spoil that plan and pull a game back for the ATL? oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2022 Not only are algae and zooplankton affected, but now apex predators such as killer whales are moving into areas once locked away by ice — gaining unfettered access to a spoil of riches. Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021 An Oakland couple’s anniverary trip to Europe shows how COVID still has the power to upend plans and spoil vacations. Rita Beamish, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2022 Over the years the enormous, elaborate wooden altarpiece had been hastily disassembled and transported to safety, claimed as a spoil of war, tossed aside and left to rot. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022 Not only are algae and zooplankton affected, but now apex predators such as killer whales are moving into areas once locked away by ice — gaining unfettered access to a spoil of riches. Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Dec. 2021 Clouds and rain spoil today’s mild air, while tomorrow is foul as the rain persists and cold air comes barreling in. Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French espuiller, espoiller, from Latin spoliare to strip of natural covering, despoil, from spolium skin, hide — more at spill entry 1

Noun

Middle English spoile, from Anglo-French espuille, from espuiller

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3b

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

spoil 1 of 2

verb

ˈspȯil How to pronounce spoil (audio)
spoiled
ˈspȯild
or spoilt
ˈspȯilt
; spoiling
1
: to damage the character of by allowing too many things or not correcting bad behavior
Grandparents sometimes spoil a child.
2
: to damage badly : ruin
Frost spoiled the crop.
3
: to damage the quality or effect of
A quarrel spoiled the celebration.
4
: to decay or lose freshness, value, or usefulness by being kept too long
The milk spoiled.

spoil

2 of 2

noun

: stolen goods : plunder

spoils 1 of 2

noun

plural of spoil
as in loots
valuables stolen or taken by force the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • loots
  • plunders
  • treasures
  • pillages
  • prizes
  • swags
  • booties
  • windfalls
  • hauls
  • catches
  • takes
  • pilferages

spoils

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of spoil
1
as in taints
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable too much coddling will spoil the child

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • taints
  • poisons
  • mars
  • stains
  • darkens
  • touches
  • tarnishes
  • vitiates
  • blemishes
  • corrupts
  • degrades
  • distorts
  • sullies
  • discredits
  • pollutes
  • dirties
  • smears
  • disgraces
  • soils
  • lowers
  • shames
  • besmirches
  • besmears
  • blackens
  • blurs
  • dishonors
  • cheapens
  • debauches
  • clouds
  • bastardizes
  • smirches
  • smudges
  • discolors
  • tars
  • debases
  • perverts
  • depraves
  • smuts
  • demeans
  • sinks
  • demoralizes
  • abases
  • subverts
  • begrimes
  • tarres
  • twists
  • colors
  • fouls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • purifies
  • magnifies
  • cleanses
  • elevates
  • glorifies
  • uplifts
  • ennobles
  • enshrines
  • dignifies
  • hallows
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2
as in rots
to go through decomposition the meat has spoiled

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rots
  • decomposes
  • disintegrates
  • decays
  • corrupts
  • perishes
  • festers
  • deteriorates
  • molds
  • falls apart
  • sours
  • putrefies
  • taints
  • descends
  • contaminates
  • breaks down
  • molders
  • turns
  • crumbles
  • pollutes
  • runs to seed
  • fouls
  • rusts
  • defiles
  • mortifies
  • ferments
  • goes to seed
  • degenerates
  • curdles
  • turns off
  • declines
  • sinks
  • dilapidates
  • addles
  • withers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ages
  • grows
  • ripens
  • restores
  • develops
  • matures
  • refreshes
  • improves
  • renews
  • purifies
  • cleanses
  • integrates
  • ameliorates
  • assembles
  • betters
  • composes
  • meliorates
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3
as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • damages
  • mars
  • injures
  • compromises
  • hurts
  • cripples
  • harms
  • weakens
  • breaks
  • erodes
  • ruins
  • destroys
  • impairs
  • flaws
  • vitiates
  • disfigures
  • blemishes
  • undermines
  • crabs
  • defaces
  • bloodies
  • wounds
  • deteriorates
  • endamages
  • wrecks
  • shatters
  • blights
  • tarnishes
  • enfeebles
  • crosses (up)
  • wastes
  • enervates
  • demolishes
  • washes out
  • tortures
  • scours
  • batters
  • annihilates
  • dents
  • desolates
  • smashes
  • devastates
  • torments
  • lacerates
  • mutilates
  • botches
  • decimates
  • dints
  • dings
  • crushes
  • wipes out
  • totals
  • maims
  • tears down
  • pulverizes
  • clobbers
  • queers
  • bashes
  • mangles
  • razes
  • disables
  • scourges
  • lames
  • wears (away)
  • dashes
  • bangs up
  • does in
  • hamstrings
  • gums (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • repairs
  • rebuilds
  • reconstructs
  • fixes
  • doctors
  • helps
  • renovates
  • revamps
  • heals
  • reconditions
  • cures
  • patches
  • mends
  • remedies
  • rectifies
  • improves
  • enriches
  • enhances
  • rehabilitates
  • revises
  • edits
  • ameliorates
  • remodels
  • refines
  • betters
  • perfects
  • meliorates
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4
as in indulges
to treat with great or excessive care when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • indulges
  • pleases
  • delights
  • pampers
  • cossets
  • babies
  • mollycoddles
  • dandles
  • nurses
  • appeases
  • coddles
  • mothers
  • satisfies
  • contents
  • humors
  • cockers
  • gratifies
  • wet-nurses
  • soothes
  • gladdens
  • placates
  • obliges
  • pacifies
  • mollifies
  • caters (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abuses
  • misuses
  • controls
  • restrains
  • mistreats
  • maltreats
  • mishandles
  • oppresses
  • manhandles
  • disciplines
  • neglects
  • ill-treats
  • violates
  • ill-uses
  • harms
  • overlooks
  • hurts
  • oppresses
  • outrages
  • injures
  • torments
  • tortures
  • victimizes
  • molests
  • slights
  • harasses
  • persecutes
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of spoils are booty, loot, plunder, prize, and spoil. While all these words mean "something taken from another by force or craft," spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.

the spoils of political victory

In some situations, the words booty and spoils are roughly equivalent. However, booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.

thieves dividing up their booty

While the synonyms loot and spoils are close in meaning, loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.

picked through the ruins for loot

Although the words plunder and spoils have much in common, plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.

a bootlegger's plunder

The meanings of prize and spoils largely overlap; however, prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.

the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea
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