spite
英 /spaɪt/ 美 /spaɪt/
- n. 恶意；怨恨A desire to upset or hurt someone deliberately.
- v. 故意使恼怒；刁难To deliberately upset someone, often because you feel angry.
He hid his sister's favourite toy out of spite.
他出于恶意，把妹妹最喜欢的玩具藏了起来。
In spite of limited funding, the community centre continues to provide valuable support for local families.
尽管资金有限，社区中心仍继续为当地家庭提供宝贵的支持。
搭配
out of spite 出于恶意in spite of 尽管pure spite 纯粹的恶意
辨析提示
in spite of后接名词或动名词，不直接接句子。
词族
spiteful (adj.)、spitefully (adv.)
近义 malice
反义 goodwill
相关词
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