spoil /spɔɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( spoiling, spoilt, spoils )

• 1. 

  V-T If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory. 毁坏; 破坏

  例：

  It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life.

  重要的是不要让错误毁了你的生活。

• 2. 

  V-T If you spoil children, you give them everything they want or ask for. This is considered to have a bad effect on a child's character. 娇惯

  例：

  Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.

  每次祖父母来访，常常禁不住要娇惯孙辈。

• 3. 

  V-T If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them. 犒劳; 优待

  例：

  Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.

  今年夏天买瓶新香水犒劳一下自己吧。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If food spoils or if it is spoiled, it is no longer fit to be eaten. 使 (食物) 变坏; (食物) 变坏

  例：

  We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid.

  我们都知道油脂发臭就变坏了。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is spoiled for choice or spoilt for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from. (因可选的太多而) 不知作何选择是好 [英国英语]