spoil

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spoil的基本意思是“變壞,腐爛”或“破壞,損壞”,使物躰在外形、用途、力量、精力、價值等方麪損壞,含有徹底損壞而不能補救的意味。引申可作“溺愛”“慣壞”解,強調(diào)過分驕縱而對性格、性情的損害,也可作“把事情搞糟”或“使人掃興”解。
spoil還可作“搶劫; 強奪”解,過去式、過去分詞衹用spoiled。
spoil可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
spoil後接介詞by表示“因…而燬壞; 因…而寵壞”; be spoiling for的意思是“一心想,切望”。
spoil的過去分詞spoilt可用作形容詞,在句中作定語。
spoil的過去式和過去分詞均可爲(wèi)spoilt或spoiled。

(DESTROY) to destroy or reduce the pleasure, interest, or beauty of something
(TREAT WELL) to treat someone very or too well, especially by being extremely generous
(CHILD) to allow a child to do or have everything that it wants to, usually so that it expects to get everything it wants and does not show respect to other people
(EARTH) earth, stones, etc. dug out from a hole in the ground
(PROFITS) goods, advantages, profits, etc. that you get by your actions or because of your position or situation

If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.
If you spoil children, you give them everything they want or ask for. This is considered to have a bad effect on a child's character.
If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them.
If food spoils or if it is spoiled, it is no longer fit to be eaten.
If you say that someone is spoiled for choice or spoilt for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from.