spite

US [spaɪt]
UK [spaɪt]
  • n.怨恨；恶意
  • v.故意使烦恼；存心使苦恼
  • Web遗恨；刁难；泄愤
Simple Present：spites  Present Participle：spiting  Past Tense：spited  

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spite
n.
1.
[u]
恶意；怨恨a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset sb
I'm sure he only said it out of spite .
我相信他只是为了泄愤才那么说的。
IDM
In spite of his age, he still leads an active life.
尽管年事已高，他依旧过着一种忙碌的生活。
They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs.
他们无视那么多警告牌，还是去游泳了。
English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
虽然当地居民主要是中国人，英语却成了商业上正式使用的语言。
in spite of sth
不管；尽管if you say that sb did sthin spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that that fact did not prevent them from doing it
In spite of his age, he still leads an active life.
尽管年事已高，他依旧过着一种忙碌的生活。
They went swimming in spite of all the danger signs.
他们无视那么多警告牌，还是去游泳了。
English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
虽然当地居民主要是中国人，英语却成了商业上正式使用的语言。
He fell asleep, in spite of himself.
他还是不由自主地睡着了。
in spite of yourself
不由自主地if you do sthin spite of yourself , you do it although you did not intend or expect to
He fell asleep, in spite of himself.
他还是不由自主地睡着了。
v.
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~ sb
故意使烦恼；存心使苦恼to deliberately annoy or upset sb
They're playing the music so loud just to spite us.
他们把音乐放得这么响就是存心要搅扰我们。

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Definition:
AllAll,怨恨怨恨,恶意恶意,故意使烦恼故意使烦恼,存心使苦恼存心使苦恼,遗恨遗恨,刁难刁难,泄愤泄愤
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1.
Well, dear Marie , I will own to you that, in spite of his extreme youth, his departure for the army has been a great grief to me.
亲爱的玛丽，我向您坦白承认，虽说他十分年轻，但是他这次从军却使我感到极大的痛苦。
qīn ài de mǎ lì , wǒ xiàng nín tǎn bái chéng rèn , suī shuō tā shí fēn nián qīng , dàn shì tā zhè cì cóng jūn què shǐ wǒ gǎn dào jí dà de tòng kǔ 。
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2.
In spite of the loss, not a bad effort by the team. If they can take it a notch higher, they should have no trouble beating Houston at all.
这场失败对于这支球队并不是完全没有好的意义。如果他们能把自己的水平再度提高，他们应该能够毫无障碍的最终打败休斯敦。
zhè chǎng shī bài duì yú zhè zhī qiú duì bìng bú shì wán quán méi yǒu hǎo de yì yì 。 rú guǒ tā men néng bǎ zì jǐ de shuǐ píng zài dù tí gāo , tā men yīng gāi néng gòu háo wú zhàng ài de zuì zhōng dǎ bài xiū sī dūn 。
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3.
"We're going to do that . . . in spite of the loud shrill voices (against it), " he said. Reid said a bill would be approved this year.
“我们将那麽做…尽管有很大的反对声浪，”他说.里德称今年会批准一个相关法案。
" wǒ men jiāng nà mó zuò … jǐn guǎn yǒu hěn dà de fǎn duì shēng làng , " tā shuō . lǐ dé chēng jīn nián huì pī zhǔn yī gè xiāng guān fǎ àn 。
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4.
After resting in Sydney for a few weeks , Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends, attempts to dissuade him.
在几个星期休息以后在悉尼，奇切斯特更加引起竟管他的朋友，尝试谏阻他。
zài jǐ gè xīng qī xiū xi yǐ hòu zài xī ní , qí qiè sī tè gèng jiā yǐn qǐ jìng guǎn tā de péng yǒu , cháng shì jiàn zǔ tā 。
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5.
she continued to talk to her and endeavor to raise her spirits , in spite of being out of spirits herself.
尽管她自己心情不佳，却继续有意地陪她说话，想使她快活起来。
jǐn guǎn tā zì jǐ xīn qíng bù jiā , què jì xù yǒu yì de péi tā shuō huà , xiǎng shǐ tā kuài huó qǐ lái 。
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6.
It always surprised him that she could laugh in spite of the constant pain from her hip that the doctors had never been able to fix.
他一直觉得惊奇：她的髋骨总是疼，医生对此也束手无策，而她却能笑得出来。（宾语转换为主语）
tā yì zhí jué de jīng qí : tā de kuān gǔ zǒng shì téng , yī shēng duì cǐ yě shù shǒu wú cè , ér tā què néng xiào dé chū lái 。 ( bīn yǔ zhuǎn huàn wéi zhǔ yǔ )
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7.
In spite of the sometimes technical nature of the topics, they manage to make their shows very accessible and easy to listen to.
尽管有时候，这些话题在本质上是专业的，但他们仍尽力将节目做得十分易懂易听。
jǐn guǎn yǒu shí hou , zhè xiē huà tí zài běn zhì shàng shì zhuān yè de , dàn tā men réng jìn lì jiāng jié mù zuò de shí fēn yì dǒng yì tīng 。
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8.
In spite of our best efforts, we weren't able to locate the name of the author of these photographs.
尽管我们做了最大的努力，我们仍然没能找出这些摄影图片的作者。
jǐn guǎn wǒ men zuò le zuì dà de nǔ lì , wǒ men réng rán méi néng zhǎo chū zhè xiē shè yǐng tú piàn de zuò zhě 。
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9.
Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope in spite of my pain.
幸运的是，此时我已回过神来，尽管很痛，但还是能够紧紧抓住绳子。
xìng yùn de shì , cǐ shí wǒ yǐ huí guò shén lái , jǐn guǎn hěn tòng , dàn hái shì néng gòu jǐn jǐn zhuā zhù shéng zǐ 。
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10.
and if I were you, I would not give him up to my younger sister, in spite of all this tumbling down hills.
假若我是你的话，决不把他让给妹妹，尽管他们一起滚下了山。
jiǎ ruò wǒ shì nǐ de huà , jué bù bǎ tā ràng gěi mèi mèi , jǐn guǎn tā men yì qǐ gǔn xià le shān 。
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