Spoil
[spɒɪl] or [spɔɪl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of stripping and taking by force.
(noun.) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; 'her spoiling my dress was deliberate'.
(noun.) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); 'to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy'.
(verb.) become unfit for consumption or use; 'the meat must be eaten before it spoils'.
整理:理查德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
(v. t.) To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
(v. t.) To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
(v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
(v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.
(v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
(n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
(n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.
(n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.
(n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
(n.) Corruption; cause of corruption.
(n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
手打:利奥波德
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste.[2]. Injure, harm, disfigure, mar.
v. n. [1]. Steal, pilfer, engage in robbery.[2]. Decay, be corrupted.
n. Booty, pillage, plunder, prey, rapine.
菲力克斯校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Plunder, strip, rob, devastate, pillage, denude, corrupt, vitiate, mar,deteriorate
ANT:Invest, enrich, endow, replenish, renovate, improve, better, ameliorate,rectify, preserve
埃弗雷特編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to corrupt: to mar: to make useless.—v.i. to decay: to become useless.—ns. Spoil′er a corrupter; Spoil′-five a round game of cards played with the whole pack each one of the three to ten players receiving five cards.—adj. Spoil′ful (Spens.) wasteful rapacious.—n. Spoils′man one who looks for profit out of politics.
v.t. to take by force: to plunder.—v.i. to practise robbery.—n. prey plunder: pillage: robbery.—n. Spoil′er one who spoils a plunderer.—n.pl. Spō′lia opī′ma the most valued spoils—taken by a Roman commander from the enemy's commander in single combat; hence supreme rewards or honours generally.
亨利錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- But it's no joke, you know--if she stays here all the autumn she'll spoil everything, and Maria Van Osburgh will simply exult. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I forgot it, but I want it done though it will spoil my looks. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Locksley now proceeded to the distribution of the spoil, which he performed with the most laudable impartiality. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A number of persons crowded into a small room thus spoil the air in a few minutes and even render it mortal, as in the Black Hole at Calcutta. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It gave Mr. Justice Coffin no pleasure to hear Georgy cut into the conversation and spoil his stories. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I'm afraid I shall do something dreadful some day, and spoil my life, and make everybody hate me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It quite spoiled my pleasure for that night because it was so very embarrassing and so very ridiculous. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I'm afraid Laurie will be quite spoiled among them. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Jo wouldn't love him, but he might make her respect and admire him by doing something which should prove that a girl's 'No' had not spoiled his life. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He's my child, and I won't have his temper spoiled by indulgence. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I assure you he is very detestable; the Admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I was very sorry to learn that it was whiskey that spoiled such a career. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I've spoilt her, said he, taking her from me with good humour, and kissing her little hot face and burning lips. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But Mr Boffin is being spoilt by prosperity, and is changing every day. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Our spoilt little woman, said my guardian, shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- If I knew which of your hands was the least spoilt, I would ask you to let me touch it,' said Bella, 'for the last time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Our lives, we see with a growing certitude, are fretted and shadowed and spoilt because there is as yet no worldwide law, no certain justice. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She is godmother to a real living Betsey Trotwood; and Dora (the next in order) says she spoils her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But Louisa spoils it all by trying to repress him and put herself forward. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But having turned its back upon the present, it has no way of returning to it laden with the spoils of the past. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Various methods were resorted to in order to keep mold and insects from spoiling the product. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- We always let each other alone in time to prevent ill feeling from spoiling a joke. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But mamma was near spoiling all, a day or two later, by saying-- I hope your uncle Sir Godwin will not look down on Rosy, Mr. Lydgate. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Once let in the principle, and I should have people going, and talking, and spoiling the simplicity of the whole thing. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- And I've heard say Mr. Bulstrode condemns Mrs. Vincy beyond anything for her flightiness, and spoiling her children so. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Then we must abstain from spoiling the dead or hindering their burial? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
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