| 单词 | spite |
| 释义 | noun | verb spitespite1 /spaɪt/ ●●○ noun 1in spite of something without being affected or prevented by something SYN despite: In spite of her success, Sue is depressed. She loves him in spite of the fact that he drinks too much. → see Grammar at despite2[uncountable] a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset people, for example because you are jealous or think you have been unfairly treated: He hid her purse out of spite (=because of spite).3in spite of yourself if you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it: She laughed in spite of herself. noun | verb spitespite2 verb [transitive only in infinitive] do something (just) to spite somebody to do something deliberately in order to annoy or upset someone: The neighbors make noise just to spite us. → see also cut off your nose to spite your face at cut off (10) |
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