| 单词 | spoil |
| 释义 | spoil (once / 163 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4v When you spoil something, you destroy it or ruin its quality. If you spoil a surprise, you tell the secret you were supposed to keep. When you spoil something, you mess it up, like spoiling someone's good mood by bringing up a painful memory. Food can also spoil, or become unsafe for eating, and you can spoil a child by always giving him everything he wants, making him unable to cope when things don't go his way. The word spoil comes from the Old French espoillier, to plunder. In fact, things taken by force are called spoils, like the spoils of war. WORD FAMILYspoil: spoilable, spoilage, spoilation, spoiled, spoiler, spoiling, spoils, spoliation+/spoilage: spoilages/spoilation: spoilations/spoiled: unspoiled/spoiler: spoilers/spoiling: spoilings/spoliation: spoliations USAGE EXAMPLESIf importers try to get through the process without greasing the wheels, food sits and spoils, Pena said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But some resolute defending in the first half from the home side suggested they were in the mood to spoil the party. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) We are spoiled for choice in this multi-platform, multimedia culture. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v make a mess of, destroy or ruin Syn|Hyper ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up fail, go wrong, miscarry be unsuccessful 2v make imperfect Syn|Hypo|Hyper deflower, impair, mar, vitiate cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint place under suspicion or cast doubt upon blemish, deface, disfiguremar or spoil the appearance of mangle, maulinjure badly by beating mark, pit, pock, scarmark with a scar damage inflict damage upon 3v destroy and strip of its possession Syn|Hyper despoil, plunder, rape, violate destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 4v alter from the original Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones water downthin by adding water to doctor, doctor up, sophisticatealter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive modify make less severe or harsh or extreme 5v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of Syn|Hypo|Hyper baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail betray, faildisappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake come short, fall shortfail to meet (expectations or standards) disenchant, disillusionfree from enchantment undocause the ruin or downfall of breakcause the failure or ruin of shipwreckruin utterly forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 6n the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it her spoiling my dress was deliberate Syn|Hyper spoilage, spoiling injury an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage 7n the act of stripping and taking by force Syn|Hyper despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation pillage, pillaging, plundering the act of stealing valuable things from a place 8n (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) 2to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy Hyper stolen property property that has been stolen v become unfit for consumption or use 3the meat must be eaten before it spoils Syn|Hypo|Hyper go bad addle become rotten curdlego bad or sour decay undergo decay or decomposition v treat with excessive indulgence 4Syn|Hyper baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper do by, handle, treat interact in a certain way v have a strong desire or urge to do something He is spoiling for a fight Syn|Hyper itch desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly |
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