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spoil

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spoil
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he / she / it spoils
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past simple spoiled
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past participle spoiled
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(British English also) past simple spoilt
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(British English also) past participle spoilt
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-ing form spoiling
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Idioms
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  1.  
    [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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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，不要对孩子们用力，破坏他们的乐趣！
    • The bad weather really spoilt things for us.恶劣的天气确实给我们带来了破坏。
    • Why did they have to act so aggressively and spoil everything?为什么他们必须如此积极地采取行动并破坏一切？
    • 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.新建筑物完全破坏了视野。
    • The performance was spoilt by the constant noise from the audience.观众不断发出的声音破坏了表演。
    • Why do you always have to spoil everything?为什么每样东西都要毁在你手里？
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • rather
    • …
    verb + spoil
    • hate to
    • not be going to
    • not want to
    • …
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    [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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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！
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition
    • with
    phrases
    • be completely spoiled
    • be thoroughly spoiled
    • be utterly spoiled
    • …
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  3. [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。🔊🔊
  4. [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)
  5. [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
    • The group called on its supporters to spoil their ballot papers.该组织呼吁其支持者破坏选票。
    6. Word OriginMiddle 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
  1. 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
  1. (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
  1. (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
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  1. 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.强盗将战利品平分了。
  2. 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.两支球队的战利品为1-1。
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  3. [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
    4. Word OriginMiddle 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.