| 釋義 |
spite /spait; spait/ n 1 [U] ill will; desire to cause pain or damage: 惡 4; 息意; 使遭受痛苦或損害的意愿： do sth out of/from 出于惡意做某事。 2 (with indef art) grudge: (與不定冠詞連用)怨恨： have a ~ against sb; 怨恨某人; do sth to satisfy a private 做某事泄私怨。 3 (prep phrase) (介詞片語(yǔ)) in ~ of, not to be prevented by; notwithstanding: 雖然; 不顧; 盡管…仍： They went out in ~ of the rain. 盡管下雨，他們?nèi)匀煌獬觥?In ~ of all his efforts he failed. 他雖然做了各種努力，仍然失敗了。 vt [VP6A] injure or annoy because of ~: 因怨恨而傷害或攪擾; 向…泄憤; 刁難： The neighbours let their radio blare every afternoon just to ~ us. 隣居每天下午故意把收音機(jī)的聲音開得很大，以向我們泄憤。 ~ful /-fl; -fsl/ adj having, showing, ~. 有惡意的; 懷恨的。 ~fully /-fall; -5sll/ adv ~fulness n |