/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