spite
n
1 [U] desire to hurt, annoy or offend another person; ill will 恶意; 坏心
I'm sure he only said it out of/from spite. 我肯定他说这话完全是出於恶意.
2 (idm 习语) in spite of (used as a prep 用作介词) not being prevented by (sb/sth); regardless of; despite 不顾(某人[某事物]); 不管; 尽管
They went out in spite of the rain. 尽管下著雨, 他们还是出去了.
In spite of all his efforts he failed. 他已竭尽全力, 但仍然失败了. spite, v
1 [Tn] (only used in the infinitive with to 仅用於带to的不定式中) injure, annoy or offend (sb) because of spite 恶意地伤害、 惹怒或冒犯(某人)
The neighbours play their radio loudly every afternoon just to spite us. 邻居每天下午把收音机的音量开得很大, 向我们泄愤.
2 (idm 习语) cut off one's nose to spite one's face => nose1.
I think we should paint it white. Then we can do some drawings on it.
我想我们应该把它粉刷一下。然后再在上面画些画。
Then, instead of spending maybe five hours typing the report again, you can print the new copy in one minute!
然后,你可以把新的文本在一分钟之内打印出来,而不是花5个小时重新把报告打一遍。
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