| 单词 | spite |
| 释义 | spite (spaɪt ) 1. in spite of sth phrase B1 You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. They hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage. Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship. 2. phrase 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. She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it. 3. uncountable noun If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. He thinks Dan has vandalised the car out of spite. Never had she met such spite and pettiness. Synonyms: malice, malevolence, ill will, hate 4. verb [only to-inf] If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. You don't want to come because you want to spite me in front of my neighbours. [VERB noun] Synonyms: annoy, hurt, injure, harm 5. to cut off your nose to spite your face phrase If you say that someone is cutting off their nose to spite their face, you mean they do something that they think will hurt someone, without realizing or caring that it will hurt themselves as well. [disapproval] The industry's greed means it is cutting off its nose to spite its face. Quotations: Don't cut off your nose to spite your face Idioms: cut off your nose to spite your face to do something in order to hurt another person, without realizing or caring that you will hurt yourself just as much or even more The manager was not about to cut off his nose to spite his face by holding a grudge against a player whom he regards as 'phenomenal' and 'special'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 恶意, 激怒 Japanese: 意地悪, 意地悪をする |
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