spoil
- v.破坏;宠坏;溺爱;糟蹋;毁掉;变坏;娇惯;搞坏;善待;格外关照
- n.(开掘等时挖出的)弃土，废石方;战利品;赃物;掠夺物;成功所带来的好处;权力地位的连带利益
过去式： spoilt; spoiled 现在分词： spoiling 过去分词： spoilt; spoiled 第三人称单数： spoils
spoilverb
破坏；搞坏；糟蹋；毁掉
to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc.
Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather.
天气不好，破坏了我们的露营旅行。
Don't let him spoil your evening.
别让他搞得你一晚上不开心。
The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
那些高楼大厦破坏了这一带的景致。
Don't eat too many nuts─you'll spoil your appetite (= will no longer be hungry at the proper time to eat) .
别吃太多坚果，会影响你的食欲。
spoiled ballot papers (= not valid because not correctly marked)
废选票
溺爱；娇惯；宠坏
to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour
She spoils those kids of hers.
她那几个孩子给她宠坏了。
善待；格外关照
to make sb/yourself happy by doing sth special
Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel?
为什么不到顶级饭店度个周末，让自己享受享受呢？
He really spoiled me on my birthday.
我过生日那天他真让我受宠若惊。
变坏；变质；腐败
to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten
to want to fight with sb very much
to spoil sth good because you did not spend enough money or time on a small but essential part of it
if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done well
noun
赃物；战利品；掠夺物
goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war
成功所带来的好处；权力地位的连带利益
the profits or advantages that sb gets from being successful
the spoils of high office
身居高位的连带利益
（开掘等时挖出的）弃土，废石方
waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.
spoil
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VERB 弄糟;损坏;破坏
If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.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。
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VERB 溺爱，宠坏(孩子)
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.Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.
祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。
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A spoilt child is rarely popular with other children...
被宠坏的孩子很难得到其他孩子的喜爱。
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VERB 犒赏（自己或他人）
If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them.Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer...
今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。
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V-ERG （使）(食物)变坏;(使)腐坏
If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten.We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid...
我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。
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VERB (因在其上写违法的内容而)使(选票)无效
If someone spoils their vote, they write something illegal on their voting paper, usually as a protest about the election, and their vote is not accepted.They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers...
他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。
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N-PLURAL 战利品;因成功获得的好处
The spoils of something are things that people get as a result of winning a battle or of doing something successfully.True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war...
按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。
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PHRASE 可供选择的东西众多
If you say that someone is spoilt for choice or spoiled for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from.At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.
到了午餐时间，议员们有 26 家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。
noun
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- the act of stripping and taking by force
- Synonym: spoliation spoilation despoilation despoilment despoliation
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- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
- her spoiling my dress was deliberate
- Synonym: spoiling spoilage
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- (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
- to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
verb
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- alter from the original
- Synonym: corrupt
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- become unfit for consumption or use
- the meat must be eaten before it spoils
- Synonym: go bad
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- make imperfect
- nothing marred her beauty
- Synonym: mar impair deflower vitiate
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- destroy and strip of its possession
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
- Synonym: rape despoil violate plunder
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- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- She is itching to start the project
- He is spoiling for a fight
- Synonym: itch
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- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- Synonym: botch bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
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- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- Synonym: thwart queer scotch foil cross frustrate baffle bilk
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- treat with excessive indulgence
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- Synonym: pamper featherbed cosset cocker baby coddle mollycoddle indulge
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I don 't think it would spoil the dimensions of the room .
我不认为它会破坏房间的大小。
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Her untimely return could spoil Miss Melville 's entire programme for the evening .
她提前回来可能会破坏掉梅尔维尔小姐今晚的整个计划。
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Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel ?
为什么不到顶级饭店度个周末，让自己享受享受呢？
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Don 't eat too many nuts ─ you 'll spoil your appetite .
别吃太多坚果，会影响你的食欲。
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Stop acting like spoilt children !
别再像惯坏的孩子那样胡闹了！
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Don 't let him spoil your evening .
别让他搞得你一晚上不开心。
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Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather .
天气不好，破坏了我们的露营旅行。
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She spoils the children rotten .
她很溺爱孩子。
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The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot .
这部电影被不实际的牵强情节给毁了。
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He 's spoilt rotten .
他给惯得一点样子都没有了。
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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。
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Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning
有些生物会导致食物变质并引起食物中毒。
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Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer
今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。
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Most common health upsets that spoil a holiday are easily preventable .
导致假期泡汤的大多数常见的身体不适都是很容易预防的。
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The strawberries are kept in cold storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation .
草莓在运输过程中要冷藏，以防止变质。
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The scene is so rich in symbolism that any explanation risks spoiling the effect .
该场景具有丰富的象征意义，任何解释都可能破坏其效果。
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I had an uneasy feeling that he was going to spoil it .
我有种不安的感觉，觉得他会把事情搞糟。
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They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers
他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。
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Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit .
去年我的一些苹果被果内的虫子给蛀坏了。
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Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils .
相互争斗的军阀及外国列强们正在争夺政治上的收益。
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Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit .
祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。
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It is regrettable that strike leaders seem intent on spoiling holidays .
遗憾的是罢工领导人似乎决意要破坏节日的气氛。
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True to military tradition , the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war
按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。
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We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid
我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。
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Dad spoils me . He loves me . He sticks up for me
爸爸很宠我，很爱我。他总是护着我。
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Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes .
宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。
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He 's a spoilt brat and it 's about time he learnt to behave properly
他是个被宠坏的孩子，是该学些规矩了。
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At lunchtime , MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars .
到了午餐时间，议员们有26家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。
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Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts , but I wanted to spoil him . He was my man .
也许我可以雇别人来熨他的衬衫，但我想好好宠他。他是我爱的男人。
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That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren .
当他们坚持说她是在溺爱孙儿，她通常会作出那样的回应。
强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。
The illness has ruined his career.
这个病毁掉了他的事业。
The bad weather ruined their picnic.
恶劣的天气毁掉了他们的野餐。
The rain ruined her newly cut hair.
这场雨毁了她新剪的头发。
强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。
People lived a hard life as the country had been ravaged by civil war.
该国由于内战满目疮痍，人们生活非常艰难。
His health was gradually ravaged by excessive drinking.
由于酗酒，他的身体渐渐垮了。
指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。
The whole scenic spot is spoiled by litter.
整个景区环境都被垃圾破坏了。
Don't let the incident spoil our party.
别让这件事毁了我们的聚会。
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