diminish or destroy the value or quality of
损害;破坏;毁坏;糟蹋
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I wouldn't want to spoil your fun 我不想扫你的兴
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a series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re-elected .一系列重大政治失误毁掉了他们重新当选的机会。
prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event)
破坏…的兴致
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she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family .她担心破坏家里人过圣诞节的兴致。
mark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one's vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest
(尤指作为一种抗议形式)错填(选票)令其作废。
[no obj.](of food)become unfit for eating
(食物)变质,腐败
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I've got some ham that'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight. 我有些火腿,如果今晚我们不吃掉的话会坏掉的。
harm the character of (a child) by being too lenient or indulgent
把(孩子)宠坏,溺爱
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the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas 我最不想干的就是宠坏托马斯
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[as adj.
spoilt orspoiled ]a spoilt child .被宠坏的孩子。
treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity
悉心照料;娇纵,百般照顾
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breakfast in bed — you're spoiling me! 在床上吃早餐—— 你要把我惯坏了!
[no obj.](
极度渴望;跃跃欲试
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Cooper was spoiling for a fight. 库伯极度渴望打一架。
〈古〉 抢劫(人,地方),掠夺。
(常作
赃物;掠夺物
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the looters carried their spoils away .趁火打劫者拿着抢来的财物逃跑了。
[mass noun]waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation
(掘土、疏浚、采矿时挖出的)废土;弃石方
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colliery spoil. 煤矿渣土。
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be spoilt for choice Brit . have so many possibilities to choose from that it is difficult to do so 〈英〉 面对众多选择,难以决定取舍
"Middle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French