名词怨恨; 恶意; 恶事
及物动词向…表示恶意; 欺负; 刁难; 泄愤
1. in spite of : 不管;
2. out of spite : 出于恶意;
3. in spite of oneself : 不由自主地;
及物动词
1. They are being provocative and controversial just to spite us.
他们这样挑衅和争论就是要故意刁难我们。
2. He took my parking space just to spite me.
他为了使我恼怒而抢我的停车位。
名词
1. He took my best toy just out of spite!
他仅仅出于怨恨拿走了我最好的玩具!
2. I am sure he took my parking space just out of spite.
我很肯定他是为了泄愤才抢我的停车位。
3. They trampled his flowers out of spite.
他们出于恶意踩了他的花。