spite

🇺🇸 /spaɪt/ 🇬🇧 /spaɪt/
頻度
難易度
タグ TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
noun
B2

A mean feeling that makes you want to hurt or upset someone.

She broke his toy out of spite because he made her angry.

彼女は彼を怒らせたからという意地悪で、彼のおもちゃを壊した。

verb
R

To do something on purpose to annoy or upset someone.

He ate the last cookie just to spite his sister.

彼は妹を困らせるためだけに最後のクッキーを食べた。

translation

n. 悪意
v. 意地悪をする

語形変化

3rd Present spites
Progressive spiting
Past spited
Perfect spited
Plural spites