spite /spaɪt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PHRASE You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. 尽管

  例：

  Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.

  国家歌剧院的约瑟夫•克里普斯雇佣了她，尽管她从未在台上演唱过。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to. 不由自主地

  例：

  The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.

  那率直的评论使得理查德不由自主地笑了起来。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. 恶意

  例：

  I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose.

  我拒绝了她离婚的要求，我想是出于怨恨。

• 4. 

  V-T If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. 存心伤害 [only to-inf]

  例：

  Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.

  潘特拉拉斯将他的艺术收藏品无偿赠送了，存心惹怒玛丽和她的丈夫。