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| /spɔɪl/ |
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| 1 | T to affect something in a way that makes it worse , less attractive , or less enjoyable 损坏；糟踏；毁掉；破坏 |
| Radio towers spoilt the view. 无线电发射塔破坏了风景。 |
| The whole show was spoiled by the lack of decent actors. 整个表演都因为没有像样的演员而弄得很糟。 |
| I really hope it doesn’ t rain – that would spoil everything. 我真的不希望下雨，那会毁了一切。 |
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| 2 | T to always allow a child to have or do everything they want , so that they learn to think only of themselves 宠坏；惯坏；溺爱 |
| Stop saying yes all the time – you’ re spoiling her. 不要总是说“好的”，你在溺爱她。 |
| spoil sb rotten (=spoil them very much) His mother spoils him rotten. 非常溺爱某人 |
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| 3 | I if food spoils , it becomes unsafe to eat because it is too old （食物）变质 |
| We’ d better eat the fish before it spoils. 我们最好在鱼变质之前把它吃掉。 |
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| 4 | T to treat someone with a lot of care and kindness 精心照顾 |
| It’ s Mother’ s Day – let them spoil you a little! 今天是母亲节，就让他们好好照顾照顾你吧！ |
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| 5 | T BRITISH to mark a voting paper so that it will not be officially accepted , usually to show that you are unhappy about the election （通常为表示对选举不满而）使（选票）作废 |
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| - | be spoiled by sth
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| to have or be able to use something that is special or unusual , so that you miss having it when it is not there |
| 习惯了享受某物 |
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| We were spoiled by all the great restaurants we had to choose from in London – it’ s not quite the same here. 我们的胃口都让伦敦的那些大饭店给惯坏了，这里就不太一样了。 |
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| - | be spoiling for a fight/conflict/clash
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| to want to fight or argue with someone |
| 一心想打架/争吵 |
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| - | spoil sb’ s chances
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| to make it impossible for someone to achieve something that they could have achieved fairly easily |
| 使某人错失机会 |
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| A shoulder injury spoiled his chances of victory in the finals. 肩伤使他错过了在决赛中取胜的机会。 |
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