spite

[英] [spait] [美] [spaɪt] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. PREP-PHRASE 尽管;不顾;虽然 You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. 
  • Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage...

    尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。

  • Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.

    尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。

2. PREP-PHRASE 不由自主地;不禁 If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to. 
  • The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself...

    这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。

  • She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.

    她被深深地打动了,禁不住为之动容。

3. N-UNCOUNT 恶意;怨恨 If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. 
  • I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...

    我拒绝和她离婚,就是为了出口恶气。

  • Never had she met such spite and pettiness.

    她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。

4. VERB (故意做坏事来)伤害,激怒 If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. 
  • Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.

    潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去,存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。

5.   to cut off your nose to spite your face→see: nose
Noun

1. feeling a need to see others suffer

2. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Verb

1. hurt the feelings of;

  • "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
  • "This remark really bruised me ego"
1. By refusing to work they are cutting off their noses to spite their faces because the company will close down.
他们拒绝工作,这是跟自己过不去,因为公司会关闭。

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2. Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him.
奇切思特不顾朋友们的劝阻,再次启程远航。

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3. Filming went ahead in spite of the bad weather.
虽然天气不好,电影拍摄工作照常进行。

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4. He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.
尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。

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5. He is cheerful in spite of his illness.
他虽然有病但是情绪很好。

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6. He was there on the stroke in spite of the rain.
尽管下雨,他还是准时到了。

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7. He would go in spite of our warnings.
他不听我们的劝告,执意要去。

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8. Her spirits remained up in spite of her disappointment.
尽管她很失望,但她的情绪依然高昂。

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9. I like her in spite of her failings.
虽然她有缺点,我还是喜欢她。

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10. I think that man has a spite against us, he is always trying to disorganise our plans.
我看那人对我们不怀好意,他老是企图破坏我们的计划。

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11. I think that man has a spite against us, he is always trying to disorganize our plans.
我看那人对我们不怀好意,他老是企图破坏我们的计划。

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12. I went out in spite of the rain.
尽管下雨我仍然外出。

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13. In spite of all your talk you never seem to come to the point.
你虽然说了那么多话,但好像一直没贴题。

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14. In spite of careful checking, there are still omissions.
饶这么细心核对,还是有遗漏。

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15. In spite of her age there were no lines on her marble forehead.
在她这个年龄,平滑的前额却没有出现皱纹。

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16. In spite of her fears, she always worried through.
尽管她担惊受怕,但总是设法熬了过去。

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17. In spite of his anger, his remarks were restrained.
他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。

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18. In spite of his burns, he sprang up and rushed towards the fighting.
他不顾周身的灼伤,一跃而起,向激战的地方冲去。

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19. In spite of his injuries, the young man stuck it out.
那小伙子受了伤,还硬挺着把活干完。

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20. In spite of his vices, he was loved by all.
尽管他有缺点,还是受到大家的爱戴。

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