/spaɪt ||; spaɪt/noun
[U] the desire to hurt or annoy sb 恶意:
He stole her letters out of spite.他出于恶意偷了她的信。
spiteverb [T]
in spite of used to show that sth happened although you did not expect it (用于引出出人意表的事)尽管,虽然:
In spite of all her hard work, Sue failed her exam.休虽然很用功,可是考试不及格。 [SYN] despite 同义词为despite
spite1/spaIt; spaIt/n 1 in spite of sth although something exists or is true [ despite ] 虽然﹐尽管﹔不顾: We enjoyed ourselves in spite of the rain. 尽管下着雨﹐我们还是玩得很高兴。She stayed with him in spite of the fact that he had beaten her up. 虽然他打了她﹐她还是和他在一起。2 [U] the feeling of wanting to annoy or upset someone 恶意﹔憎恶﹐愤恨: out of spite She burned the letters out of spite. 出于恶意她把信烧了。an act of pure spite 纯粹出于恶意的行为
spite2v do sth to spite sb to annoy or upset someone deliberately 做某事气某人
spitespitespitesspitedspitingnoun (no plural)when somebody deliberately says or does unkind things: She broke my watch out of spite.in spite of somethingalthough something is true; not noticing or caring about somethingsame meaningdespite: I slept well in spite of the noise. In spite of the bad weather, we went out.