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spoil

spoil
[英] [spɔil] [美] [spɔɪl] 生词本

vi.

vt.

n.

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American English uses the form spoiled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spoiled or spoilt. 美国英语中过去式和过去分词为 spoiled，英国英语中可用 spoiled 或 spoilt。
1. VERB 弄糟;损坏;破坏 If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory. 

  • It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life...

    重要的是不要让错误毁了你的生活。

  • Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.

    宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。

2. VERB 溺爱，宠坏(孩子) If you spoil children, you give them everything they want or ask for. This is considered to have a bad effect on a child's character. 

  • Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.

    祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。

spoilt, spoiled

  • A spoilt child is rarely popular with other children...

    被宠坏的孩子很难得到其他孩子的喜爱。

  • Oh, that child. He's so spoiled.

    哦，那个孩子。他被宠坏了。

3. VERB 犒赏（自己或他人） If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them. 

  • Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer...

    今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。

  • Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts, but I wanted to spoil him. He was my man.

    也许我可以雇别人来熨他的衬衫，但我想好好宠他。他是我爱的男人。

4. V-ERG （使）(食物)变坏;(使)腐坏 If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten. 

  • We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid...

    我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。

  • Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning...

    有些生物会导致食物变质并引起食物中毒。

  • Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit.

    去年我的一些苹果被果内的虫子给蛀坏了。

5. VERB (因在其上写违法的内容而)使(选票)无效 If someone spoils their vote, they write something illegal on their voting paper, usually as a protest about the election, and their vote is not accepted. 

  • They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers...

    他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。

  • The results showed that 7.2% of the voters cast blank or spoiled ballots.

    结果显示，7.2 %的选民投了空白或无效票。

6. N-PLURAL 战利品;因成功获得的好处 The spoils of something are things that people get as a result of winning a battle or of doing something successfully. 

  • True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war...

    按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。

  • Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.

    相互争斗的军阀及外国列强们正在争夺政治上的收益。

7. PHRASE 可供选择的东西众多 If you say that someone is spoilt for choice or spoiled for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from. 

  • At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.

    到了午餐时间，议员们有 26 家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。

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Noun

1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war);

  • "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it;

  • "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

3. the act of stripping and taking by force

Verb

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

  • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
  • "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

2. become unfit for consumption or use;

  • "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

3. alter from the original

4. treat with excessive indulgence;

  • "grandparents often pamper the children"
  • "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

5. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

  • "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
  • "foil your opponent"

6. have a strong desire or urge to do something;

  • "She is itching to start the project"
  • "He is spoiling for a fight"

7. destroy and strip of its possession;

  • "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

8. make imperfect;

  • "nothing marred her beauty"
1. A fond mother may spoil her child.
一个溺爱孩子的母亲会把孩子宠坏。

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2. A hot plate will spoil the table's polish.
热盘子会弄坏桌面的光泽。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly, you'll spoil them.
别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Don't spoil the child.
别把孩子宠坏了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets just before dinner.
不要在饭前吃糖来损害你的食欲。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6. Frosts spoil the last of the flowers.
霜冻冻坏了最后一批花朵。

来自《简明英汉词典》

7. He is a man who will spoil rather than accomplish things.
他这个人成事不足，坏事有余。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. He may spoil the whole show.
事情可能就败在他手里。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.
一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

来自《简明英汉词典》

10. Overacting will only spoil the effect.
表演过火，效果反而不好。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11. Postcards always spoil my holidays.
明信片总是弄得我过不好假日。

来自《用法词典》

12. Some kinds of food soon spoil.
有些食物易变质。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood.
野猪发怒毁树多。

来自《简明英汉词典》

14. They spoil their children.
他们宠坏了他们的孩子们。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

15. They spoil their only grandson very much.
他们非常宠爱他们惟一的孙子。

来自《简明英汉词典》

16. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
厨子太多反而把汤做坏。

来自《简明英汉词典》