spoil

verb

/spɔɪl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they spoil	/spɔɪl/ /spɔɪl/
he / she / it spoils	/spɔɪlz/ /spɔɪlz/
past simple spoiled	/spɔɪld/ /spɔɪld/
past participle spoiled	/spɔɪld/ /spɔɪld/
(British English also) past simple spoilt	/spɔɪlt/ /spɔɪlt/
(British English also) past participle spoilt	/spɔɪlt/ /spɔɪlt/
-ing form spoiling	/ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/ /ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/

Idioms

[transitive] spoil something to change something good into something bad, unpleasant, etc.破坏；搞坏；糟蹋；毁掉 synonym ruin
- 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。
- I won’t tell you what happens in the last chapter—I don’t want to spoil it for you.我不会告诉你最后一章发生了什么－我不想破坏你的兴致。
- Don't let the bad weather spoil your trip.不要让坏天气毁了你的旅行。
- Her selfish behaviour completely spoiled the evening.这个晚上完全因她自私自利的行为而变得兴味索然。
- I don't want to spoil things for everyone else.我不想毁了所有其他人的兴致。
- It would be a pity to spoil the surprise.如果破坏了这一惊喜，会很遗憾的。
- Now, don't be hard on the children and spoil their fun!现在，不要对孩子太苛刻，破坏他们的乐趣！
- The bad weather really spoilt things for us.恶劣的天气真的毁了我们的生活。
- Why did they have to act so aggressively and spoil everything?为什么他们要如此咄咄逼人，破坏一切？
- I don't want to spoil your fun, but it's nearly time to go home.我不想扫你的兴，但是该回家了。
- The new buildings have completely spoiled the view.新建筑完全破坏了景色。
- The performance was spoilt by the constant noise from the audience.观众不断的吵闹声破坏了演出。
- Why do you always have to spoil everything?为什么每样东西都要毁在你手里？
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- quite
- rather
- …
verb + spoil
- hate to
- not be going to
- not want to
- …
[transitive] spoil somebody 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溺爱；娇惯；宠坏 synonym overindulge
- She spoils those kids of hers.那几个孩子被她宠坏了。
- My grandparents used to spoil me rotten.我的祖父母过去极宠我。
- He spoils the children with expensive toys.他用昂贵的玩具宠坏了孩子们。
- Those children are thoroughly spoiled!那些孩子给彻底惯坏了！
Collocations Dictionary
preposition
- with
phrases
- be completely spoiled
- be thoroughly spoiled
- be utterly spoiled
- …
[transitive] spoil somebody/yourself to make somebody/yourself happy by doing something special善待；格外关照
- 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.我生日那天他真让我受宠若惊。
[intransitive] (of food食物) to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten变坏；变质；腐败 synonym go off (6)
[transitive] spoil something to mark a ballot paper in a way that is not correct so the vote does not count, especially as a form of protest破坏：以不正确的方式在选票上标记，以致于投票不算，特别是作为一种抗议形式
- The group called on its supporters to spoil their ballot papers.该团体号召其支持者破坏他们的选票。

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.

Idioms

be spoiling for a fight

to want to fight with somebody very much按捺不住想打架

spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth/ha’pennyworth of tar

(saying) to cause something good to fail because you did not spend a small but necessary amount of money or time on a small but essential part of it因小失大

too many cooks spoil the broth

(saying) if too many people are involved in doing something, it will not be done well厨师多了烧坏汤；人多手杂反坏事；人多添乱

spoil

noun

/spɔɪl/

the spoils
[plural] (formal or literary) goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war赃物；战利品；掠夺物
- the spoils of war战利品
- The robbers divided up the spoils.强盗们分赃。
spoils
[plural] the profits or advantages that somebody gets from being successful成功所带来的好处；权力地位的连带利益
- the spoils of high office身居高位的连带利益
- The two teams shared the spoils with a 1–1 result.两个队以1比1的比分分享了战利品。
Topics Successc2
[uncountable] (specialist) waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.（开掘等时挖出的）弃土，废石方