及物动词

名词

1. 尽管;不顾;虽然
You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.

2. 不由自主地;不禁
If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to.

3. 恶意;怨恨
If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.

4. (故意做坏事来)伤害，激怒
If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.

5. to cut off your nose to spite your face - see nose

1. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

Synonym: cattinessbitchinessspitefulnessnastiness

2. feeling a need to see others suffer

Synonym: malicemaliciousnessspitefulnessvenom