spite
n
1 [U] desire to hurt, annoy or offend another person; ill will 恶意; 坏心
I'm sure he only said it out of/from spite. 我肯定他说这话完全是出於恶意.
2 (idm 习语) in spite of (used as a prep 用作介词) not being prevented by (sb/sth); regardless of; despite 不顾(某人[某事物]); 不管; 尽管
They went out in spite of the rain. 尽管下著雨, 他们还是出去了.
In spite of all his efforts he failed. 他已竭尽全力, 但仍然失败了. spite, v
1 [Tn] (only used in the infinitive with to 仅用於带to的不定式中) injure, annoy or offend (sb) because of spite 恶意地伤害、 惹怒或冒犯(某人)
The neighbours play their radio loudly every afternoon just to spite us. 邻居每天下午把收音机的音量开得很大, 向我们泄愤.
2 (idm 习语) cut off one's nose to spite one's face => nose1.
No, no drawings can be done until the wall is dry. That may take about a week.
不行。墙不干是不能在上面画画的。大概要一周才能干。
It is much cheaper to post or email a long report than to fax it.
邮寄或电子邮递一封长篇报告比传真要便宜得多。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.