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柯林斯词典

    spoil /spɔɪl/ (spoiling,spoilt,spoils)

  • 1. V-T If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory. 燬壞; 破壞

    It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life. 重要的是不要讓錯誤燬了你的生活。

  • 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. 嬌慣

    Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit. 每次祖父母來訪，常常禁不住要嬌慣孫輩。

  • 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. 犒勞; 優待

    Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer. 今年夏天買瓶新香水犒勞一下自己吧。

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

    We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid. 我們都知道油脂發臭就變壞了。

  • 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. (因可選的太多而) 不知作何選擇是好[英國英語]

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剑桥词典

    spoil verb (DESTROY)

    [ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
    to destroy or reduce the pleasure , interest , or beauty of something
    破壞；糟蹋；燬掉
    He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening . 他努力不讓那個壞消息破壞他晚上的興致。
    The oil spill has spoiled the whole beautiful coastline . 溢出的石油破壞了整段漂亮的海岸線。
    I haven't seen the film , so don't spoil it for me by telling me what happens . 我還沒看那部電影，所以別把內容告訴我，以免壞了我的興致。
    You'll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now. 你要是現在喫蛋糕的話，就沒胃口喫晚飯了。
    [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
    When food spoils or is spoiled, it is no longer good enough to eat .
    （使）（食物）變質，（使）變壞
    The dessert will spoil if you don't keep it in the fridge . 如果你不把甜點放在冰箱裡，它會壞掉的。
    [ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]   politics   UK specialized
    to mark a ballot paper so that it cannot be officially counted as a vote
    使（選票）作廢
    Since she supported none of the candidates , she spoiled her ballot paper . 幾個候選人她哪個都不支持，因此她把選票作廢了。

    例句
  • He wasn't enjoying the occasion so he thought he'd spoil it for everyone else - it was very childish of him.
  • Knowing the ending already didn't spoil my enjoyment of the film .
  • The government is understandably reluctant to do anything which might spoil the harmonious relations between the country's ethnic groups .
  • I won't have any chocolate , thanks . It will spoil my appetite .
  • Let it rain - it won't spoil our afternoon .

    • spoil verb (TREAT WELL)

    [ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
    to treat someone very or too well, especially by being extremely generous
    （尤指極其慷慨地）寵愛，溺愛，縱容
    When I'm feeling miserable I go shopping and spoil myself - a couple of new dresses always make me feel better . 我心情糟糕的時候，就會去購物放縱一下自己——買上幾件新衣服縂會讓我感覺好些。

    spoil verb (CHILD)

    [ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ] disapproving
    to allow a child to do or have everything that it wants to, usually so that it expects to get everything it wants and does not show respect to other people
    溺愛，嬌慣；寵壞
    Mr Harvey, unable for once to do exactly as he wanted , sulked just like a spoiled child . 哈維先生衹此一次不能如願以償按他的意思做，就氣鼓鼓的，像個寵壞了的孩子。

    習語

    be spoiling for a fight
    be spoilt for choice
    spoil sb's party
    spoil sb rotten 返回 spoil