Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #14563
spite
故意伤害；刁难；使恼怒
To deliberately hurt, annoy, or upset someone, out of malice or resentment.
常指出于怨恨或赌气故意使人难堪或生气。
- 1.
To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
恶意对待；企图伤害或阻挠。
- 2.
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
使怨恨；冒犯；使恼怒。
- 3.
hurt the feelings of
伤害感情
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
In use
He spited his brother by hiding his phone just before the trip.
She spites her coworker whenever she takes credit for his ideas.
Stop spiting your sister with all those mean jokes.
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.
她散布谣言来伤害对手。
spite sb with sth
用具体事物（如言语、行为）伤害。
He spited his neighbor with a malicious comment.
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 为报复或赌气而伤害自己；损人不利己Don't cut off your nose to spite your face by quitting your job just to annoy your boss.别为了气老板而辞职，那样只会害了你自己。
Pop culture & quotes
- Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：spite 里藏着 pit（坑），心怀恶意的人会暗中给你挖坑。
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。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常用于'spite someone'结构
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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