spite
n
1 [U] desire to hurt, annoy or offend another person; ill will 恶意; 坏心
I'm sure he only said it out of/from spite. 我肯定他说这话完全是出於恶意.
2 (idm 习语) in spite of (used as a prep 用作介词) not being prevented by (sb/sth); regardless of; despite 不顾(某人[某事物]); 不管; 尽管
They went out in spite of the rain. 尽管下著雨, 他们还是出去了.
In spite of all his efforts he failed. 他已竭尽全力, 但仍然失败了. spite, v
1 [Tn] (only used in the infinitive with to 仅用於带to的不定式中) injure, annoy or offend (sb) because of spite 恶意地伤害、 惹怒或冒犯(某人)
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.
2 (idm 习语) cut off one's nose to spite one's face => nose1.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
But I advise you to check your bag every evening before going home.
但是,我劝你每晚回家前检查下自己的包。
Soon, the bees in the hive flew out.They flew right to the dish.