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spite
故意伤害；刁难；使恼怒
核心释义
常指出于怨恨或赌气故意使人难堪或生气。
To deliberately hurt, annoy, or upset someone, out of malice or resentment.
- 1.
恶意对待；企图伤害或阻挠。
To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
- 2.
使怨恨；冒犯；使恼怒。
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
- 3.
伤害感情
hurt the feelings of
恶意对待；企图伤害或阻挠。；使怨恨；冒犯；使恼怒。；伤害感情；故意刁难；欺侮
用法In use
He spited his brother by hiding his phone just before the trip.
用法提示：spite 是及物动词，这里用过去式 spited，表示“故意使…恼怒/刁难”。
She spites her coworker whenever she takes credit for his ideas.
用法提示：spite 作第三人称单数现在时 spites，表示“恶意对待、使恼怒”。
Stop spiting your sister with all those mean jokes.
用法提示：spiting 是 spite 的现在分词，在“stop doing”后表示“停止恶意招惹/刁难”。
spite sb
直接宾语为被伤害的人。
He spited her deliberately.
他故意伤害她的感情。
spite sb by doing sth
通过某种行为伤害某人。
She spited her rival by spreading rumors.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- to spite someone
- 故意惹某人生气；故意刁难某人
- He insulted his colleague just to spite him.他侮辱同事只是为了故意刁难他。
- spite yourself
- 自己跟自己过不去；赌气害自己
- By refusing to accept the apology, you're only spiting yourself.拒绝接受道歉只会让你自己跟自己过不去。
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 赌气做出伤害自己的事
- By turning down the scholarship, she was cutting off her nose to spite her face.她放弃奖学金，就是在赌气伤害自己。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：spite 里藏着 pit（坑），心怀恶意的人会暗中给你挖坑。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面叙述 动词 spite 多用于日常交流，表示故意惹恼或伤害某人；在一般书面叙述中也比较常见，语气不算特别正式。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，常用于'spite someone'结构
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with spite /spaɪt/: they share the final /aɪt/ sound. Note the spelling split: white, bite, and kite match the -ite ending, while night, right, and light use -ight. Be careful with lookalikes such as spit /spɪt/ or suite /swiːt/, which do not rhyme.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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