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do sth out of spite
强调行为动机出于怨恨。
She broke his toy out of spite.
她出于恶意弄坏了他的玩具。
恶意；怨恨
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
恶意；怨恨
A desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone; ill will or malice.
She broke his toy out of spite.
她出于恶意弄坏了他的玩具。
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.
恶意；幸灾乐祸
feeling a need to see others suffer
恶毒；刻薄
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
He left the party early out of spite, hoping to ruin the mood.
他出于恶意提前离开了聚会，希望破坏气氛。
Her actions were motivated by pure spite, not by any real complaint.
她的行为是出于纯粹的恶意，而不是因为任何真正的不满。
I could see the spite in his eyes when he smiled.
他微笑时，我能看到他眼中的恶意。
强调行为动机出于怨恨。
She broke his toy out of spite.
她出于恶意弄坏了他的玩具。
较正式，多用于书面语。
He seems to have a personal spite against me.
他好像对我怀有个人怨恨。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
出于恶意；为了泄愤
She broke his toy out of spite.
她出于恶意弄坏了他的玩具。
纯粹的恶意
She saw the sheer spite in his eyes.
她看到他眼中纯粹的恶意。
小心眼的怨恨；琐碎的恶意
The review was driven by petty spite.
那篇评论是出于小心眼的怨恨而写的。
恶意的行为；泄愤之举
Leaving without saying goodbye was an act of spite.
不辞而别是一种恶意的行为。
一丝恶意
There was a touch of spite in her words.
她的话里带着一丝恶意。
尽管；不顾
In spite of the bad weather, the match took place.
尽管天气不好，比赛仍然举行了。
出于怨恨；故意使坏
He said it out of spite, not because he meant it.
他说这话是出于怨恨，不是真心的。
不由自主地；情不自禁地
She smiled in spite of herself.
她不由自主地笑了。
尽管发生了一切，我仍然相信人们内心深处是善良的。
Anne Frank wrote this in her diary while hiding from the Nazis; this famous line from The Diary of a Young Girl uses 'spite' in the fixed phrase 'in spite of' to express her resilience and hope.
安妮·弗兰克在二战期间躲避纳粹时在日记中写下这句话；这句出自《安妮日记》的名言使用固定短语“in spite of”中的“spite”，表达她的坚韧与希望。
Use spite naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：想象有人故意抽走椅子让你摔跤——这种存心让人难堪、不痛快的恶意，就是 spite。
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、written narrative 该词在口语和书面语中都较常见，通常指因怨恨或不满而有意让别人难受的心态；在正式与日常场合均可使用，但语气比 hatred 轻。
常用结构：out of spite
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.