| [/spaɪt; spaɪt/] n 用法:
1 [U] desire to hurt, annoy or offend another person; ill will 恶意; 坏心:
I'm sure he only said it out of/from spite. 我肯定他说这话完全是出於恶意. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) in spite of (used as a prep 用作介词) not being prevented by (sb/sth); regardless of; despite 不顾（某人[某事物]）; 不管; 尽管:
They went out in spite of the rain. 尽管下著雨, 他们还是出去了. *
In spite of all his efforts he failed. 他已竭尽全力, 但仍然失败了. spite 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] (only used in the infinitive with to 仅用於带to的不定式中) injure, annoy or offend (sb) because of spite 恶意地伤害、 惹怒或冒犯（某人）:
The neighbours play their radio loudly every afternoon just to spite us. 邻居每天下午把收音机的音量开得很大, 向我们泄愤. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) cut off one's nose to spite one's face => nose1. |