spite

US /spaɪt/
UK /spaɪt/
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1.

恶意, 怨恨, 刁难

a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone

:
He did it out of pure spite.
他这样做纯粹是出于恶意
She broke the vase just to show her spite.
她打碎花瓶只是为了表达她的恶意
1.

刁难, 惹恼, 使恼怒

deliberately annoy or offend (someone)

:
He tried to spite her by ignoring her calls.
他试图通过不接她的电话来刁难她。
Don't let him spite you with his rude comments.
别让他用粗鲁的评论来惹恼你。