spite
英[spaɪt] 美[spaɪt]
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"
1.尽管;不顾;虽然
You usein spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
spite是什么意思
e.g. Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her inspite of the fact that she had never sung on stage...
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
e.g. Their love of life comes inspite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。
2.不由自主地;不禁
If you do somethingin spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.
e.g. The blunt comment made Richard laugh inspite of himself...
这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。
e.g. She was deeply moved and inspite of herself could not help showing it.
她被深深地打动了,禁不住为之动容。
3.恶意;怨恨
If you do something cruel out ofspite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.
e.g. I refused her a divorce, out ofspite I suppose...
我拒绝和她离婚,就是为了出口恶气。
e.g. Never had she met suchspite and pettiness.
她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。
4.(故意做坏事来)伤害,激怒
If you do something cruelto spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.
e.g. Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, tospite Marie and her husband.
潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去,存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。
5. to cut off your nose tospite your face -> see nose
1. spite的解释
1. 恨:人类有着非常强烈地帮助他人的欲望,但是怨恨(spite)是否也是人类的性格之一?刊登在Proceedings of the Royal Academy杂志上的一篇文章中,德国莱比锡Max Planck进化人类学研究所的Keith Jensen和同事们在人类表亲-黑猩猩上,
2. spite的意思
2. 恶意:在本质上,能够把动机分为以下四类:误差(errors)、压制(coercion)、优先(preemption)以及恶意(spite). 对于核武器和大规模常规武器的打击来说,攻击的来源常常是十分明显的. 但在网络空间中,情况却不是这样.
3. spite的意思
3. 意:在本质上,能够把动机分为以下四类:误差(errors)、压制(coercion)、优先(preemption)以及恶意(spite). 对于核武器和大规模常规武器的打击来说,攻击的来源常常是十分明显的. 但在网络空间中,情况却不是这样.
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。
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.
他们无视所有那些危险水域告示牌,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.
他还是不由得睡着了。
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。
Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage...
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。
The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself...
这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。
She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.
她被深深地打动了,禁不住为之动容。
I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...
我拒绝和她离婚,就是为了出口恶气。
Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。
Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.
潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去,存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。
The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.
这个计划是先甜后苦: 它意味着我们少一天的假期.
By refusing to work they are cutting off their noses to spite their faces because the company will close down.
他们拒绝工作,这是跟自己过不去,因为公司会关闭.
In spite of his injuries, the young man stuck it out.
那小伙子受了伤, 还硬挺着把活干完.
He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.
尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时.
We admire him for his continuance of work in spite of illness.
我们佩服他带病继续工作.
In spite of all your talk you never seem to come to the point.
你虽然说了那么多话,但好像一直没贴题.
He would go in spite of our warnings.
他不听我们的劝告,执意要去.
In spite of the bad things he's done I still believe in his essential goodness.
尽管他做了坏事,我仍然相信他本性是善良的.
Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends'attempts to dissuade him.
奇切思特不顾朋友们的劝阻,再次启程远航.
In spite of the long trip, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox.
虽然经过长途旅行, 乔迪到达的时候仍然显得神采奕奕.
The ship held to its course in spite of the storm.
尽管遇上了暴风雨,轮船还是没有改变航向.
In spite of his anger, his remarks were restrained.
他尽管生气, 说的话还是有节制的.
I think that man has a spite against us, he is always trying to disorganise our plans.
我看那人对我们不怀好意, 他老是企图破坏我们的计划.
We must plough on somehow in spite of all the difficulties.
尽管困难重重,我们仍需坚持下去.
In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly.
尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸,一切都进行得很顺利.
He..added, with an uncontrollable burst of spite: 'June's got a temper of her own.'
出自:J. GalsworthyWhy should he be so troubled by a girl's spite?
出自:I. MurdochI hung on to spite him. I didn't want him.
出自:C. Stead上一个:even though
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