1 to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc; to ruin sth 损坏;糟蹋;破坏:
The new office block will spoil the view.新的办公大楼会破坏景致。Our holiday was spoilt by bad weather.我们的假期给坏天气糟蹋了。Eating between meals will spoil your appetite.正餐之间进食会影响胃口。
2 to do too much for sb, especially a child, so that you have a bad effect on his/her character 宠坏;惯坏:
a spoilt child宠坏了的孩子
3spoil sb/yourself to do sth special or nice to make sb/yourself happy 宠爱;纵容
spoil/spɔIl; spɔIl/v past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt /spɔIlt; spɔIlt/1 [T] to make something less good or enjoyable [ ruin ] 破坏﹐糟塌﹐毁掉: I’m not going to let him spoil my day. 我不会让他破坏我的这一天的。She didn’t want anything to spoil the look of the garden. 她不想有任何东西破坏花园的景观。2 [T] to let a child have or do whatever they want, with the result that they behave badly 宠坏﹔溺爱﹐娇惯〔小孩〕3 [T] to treat someone in a way that is kind or too kind 无微不至地关心﹐过分地照顾﹐纵容: All these chocolates – you’re spoiling me. 这么多巧克力—你要把我宠坏了。spoil yourself Go on, spoil yourself. Have another cake. 来吧﹐宠宠自己﹐再来一块蛋糕。4 [I] if food spoils, it starts to decay〔食物开始〕变坏﹐变质﹐腐烂
spoilspoilspoilsspoiltspoiledspoilingverb (spoils, spoiling, spoiltor spoiled/, has spoiltor has spoiled)1to make something less good than before: The mud spoiled my shoes. Did the bad weather spoil your holiday?2to give a child too much so that they think they can always have what they want: She spoils her grandchildren.