spiting

1. [U] 恶意 an unpleasant desire to annoy or harm another person, especially in some small way

• bear sb a spite对某人怀恨在心

• petty spite卑劣的恶意

• do sth from spite出于恶意做…
• in spite of不管

in spite of尽管；不管，不顾

in spite of oneself adv. 不由自主地

in spite尽管

out of spite出于恶意；为泄恨

1. I'm sure he took my parking space just out of spite.
   我认为他侵占我的停车位肯定是有意和我作对。
2. They trampled his flowers out of spite.
   他们出于恶意踩了他的花。
3. There is no gall or spite in my soul.
   我内心对谁都没有怨恨或恶意。
4. 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！

1. The bad children left the room dirty to spite their maid.
   那些坏孩子把房间弄脏来刁难女佣人。
2. He took my parking space just to spite me.
   他为了使我恼怒而抢我的停车位。
3. The neighbours play their radio loudly every afternoon just to spite us.
   邻居每天下午把收音机的音量开得很大，向我们泄愤。