spoil

noun

1. the act of stripping and taking by force

Synonym: spoliationspoilationdespoilationdespoilmentdespoliation

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

e.g. her spoiling my dress was deliberate

Synonym: spoilingspoilage

3. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

e.g. to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

verb

1. alter from the original

Synonym: corrupt

2. become unfit for consumption or use

e.g. the meat must be eaten before it spoils

Synonym: go bad

3. make imperfect

e.g. nothing marred her beauty

Synonym: marimpairdeflowervitiate

4. destroy and strip of its possession

e.g. The soldiers raped the beautiful country

Synonym: rapedespoilviolateplunder

5. have a strong desire or urge to do something

e.g. She is itching to start the project
He is spoiling for a fight

Synonym: itch

6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

e.g. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Synonym: botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

7. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

e.g. What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
foil your opponent

Synonym: thwartqueerscotchfoilcrossfrustratebafflebilk

8. treat with excessive indulgence

e.g. grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Synonym: pamperfeatherbedcossetcockerbabycoddlemollycoddleindulge

American English uses the form spoiled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spoiled or spoilt. 美国英语中过去式和过去分词为 spoiled，英国英语中可用 spoiled 或 spoilt。

1. 弄糟;损坏;破坏
If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.

spoil的意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.
宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。

2. 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.

e.g. 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。

spoilt, spoiled
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。
Oh, that child. He's so spoiled.
哦，那个孩子。他被宠坏了。

3. 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.

e.g. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer...
今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。
e.g. 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。

4. （使）(食物)变坏;(使)腐坏
If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten.

spoil是什么意思

e.g. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid...
我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。
e.g. 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。

5. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The results showed that 7.2% of the voters cast blank or spoiled ballots.
结果显示，7.2 %的选民投了空白或无效票。

6. 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.

spoil在线翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

7. 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.

e.g. 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。

相关词组：spoil for

1. spoil

1. 坏：不过,拉特里奇还是说美国的年轻人正在变得越来越懒惰,他们被宠坏(spoil)了. 现在的美国人总是习惯于内向型思考(thinkinside),而不是外向型思考. 美国大多数年轻人都只会说一种语言,甚至有些人只说西班牙语.

2. 宠坏：不过,拉特里奇还是说美国的年轻人正在变得越来越懒惰,他们被宠坏(spoil)了. 现在的美国人总是习惯于内向型思考(think inside),而不是外向型思考. 美国大多数年轻人都只会说一种语言,甚至有些人只说西班牙语.