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单词 spoil
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spoil

verb
 
/spɔɪl/
/spɔɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spoil
/spɔɪl/
/spɔɪl/
he / she / it spoils
/spɔɪlz/
/spɔɪlz/
past simple spoiled
/spɔɪld/
/spɔɪld/
past participle spoiled
/spɔɪld/
/spɔɪld/
(British English also) past simple spoilt
/spɔɪlt/
/spɔɪlt/
(British English also) past participle spoilt
/spɔɪlt/
/spɔɪlt/
-ing form spoiling
/ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/
/ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [transitive] spoil something to change something good into something bad, unpleasant, etc. synonym ruin
    • Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather.
    • Don't let him spoil your evening.
    • The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
    • Don't eat too many nuts—you'll spoil your appetite (= will no longer be hungry at the proper time to eat).
    • I won’t tell you what happens in the last chapter—I don’t want to spoil it for you.
    Extra Examples
    • Don't let the bad weather spoil your trip.
    • Her selfish behaviour completely spoiled the evening.
    • I don't want to spoil things for everyone else.
    • It would be a pity to spoil the surprise.
    • Now, don't be hard on the children and spoil their fun!
    • The bad weather really spoilt things for us.
    • Why did they have to act so aggressively and spoil everything?
    • I don't want to spoil your fun, but it's nearly time to go home.
    • The new buildings have completely spoiled the view.
    • The performance was spoilt by the constant noise from the audience.
    • Why do you always have to spoil everything?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • rather
    verb + spoil
    • hate to
    • not be going to
    • not want to
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive] spoil somebody to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour synonym overindulge
    • She spoils those kids of hers.
    • My grandparents used to spoil me rotten.
    Extra Examples
    • He spoils the children with expensive toys.
    • Those children are thoroughly spoiled!
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition
    • with
    phrases
    • be completely spoiled
    • be thoroughly spoiled
    • be utterly spoiled
    See full entry
  3. [transitive] spoil somebody/yourself to make somebody/yourself happy by doing something special
    • Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel?
    • He really spoiled me on my birthday.
  4. [intransitive] (of food) to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten synonym go off (6)
  5. [transitive] spoil something to mark a ballot paper in a way that is not correct so the vote does not count, especially as a form of protest
    • The group called on its supporters to spoil their ballot papers.
  6. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.
Idioms
be spoiling for a fight
  1. to want to fight with somebody very much
spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth/ha’pennyworth of tar
  1. (saying) to cause something good to fail because you did not spend a small but necessary amount of money or time on a small but essential part of it
too many cooks spoil the broth
  1. (saying) if too many people are involved in doing something, it will not be done well

spoil

noun
/spɔɪl/
/spɔɪl/
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  1. the spoils
    [plural] (formal or literary) goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war
    • the spoils of war
    • The robbers divided up the spoils.
  2. spoils
    [plural] the profits or advantages that somebody gets from being successful
    • the spoils of high office
    • The two teams shared the spoils with a 1–1 result.
    Topics Successc2
  3. [uncountable] (specialist) waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.
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