spoil

verb

1. 破坏；搞坏；糟蹋；毁掉
   to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc.
   1. Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather.
      天气不好，破坏了我们的露营旅行。
   2. Don't let him spoil your evening.
      别让他搞得你一晚上不开心。
   3. The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
      那些高楼大厦破坏了这一带的景致。
   4. Don't eat too many nuts─you'll spoil your appetite (= will no longer be hungry at the proper time to eat) .
      别吃太多坚果，会影响你的食欲。
   5. spoiled ballot papers (= not valid because not correctly marked)
      废选票
2. 溺爱；娇惯；宠坏
   to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour
   1. She spoils those kids of hers.
      她那几个孩子给她宠坏了。
3. 善待；格外关照
   to make sb/yourself happy by doing sth special
   1. Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel?
      为什么不到顶级饭店度个周末，让自己享受享受呢？
   2. He really spoiled me on my birthday.
      我过生日那天他真让我受宠若惊。
4. 变坏；变质；腐败
   to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten

noun

1. 赃物；战利品；掠夺物
   goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war
2. 成功所带来的好处；权力地位的连带利益
   the profits or advantages that sb gets from being successful
   1. the spoils of high office
      身居高位的连带利益
3. （开掘等时挖出的）弃土，废石方
   waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.

American English uses the form spoiled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spoiled or spoilt. 美国英语中过去式和过去分词为 spoiled，英国英语中可用 spoiled 或 spoilt。


1. VERB 弄糟;损坏;破坏
   If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.
   1. It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life...
      重要的是不要让错误毁了你的生活。
   2. Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.
      宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。
2. VERB 溺爱，宠坏(孩子)
   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.
   1. Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.
      祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。
3. VERB 犒赏（自己或他人）
   If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them.
   1. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer...
      今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。
   2. Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts, but I wanted to spoil him. He was my man.
      也许我可以雇别人来熨他的衬衫，但我想好好宠他。他是我爱的男人。
4. V-ERG （使）(食物)变坏;(使)腐坏
   If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten.
   1. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid...
      我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。
   2. Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning...
      有些生物会导致食物变质并引起食物中毒。
   3. Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit.
      去年我的一些苹果被果内的虫子给蛀坏了。
   4. ...the potential health problems from spoiled food.
      变质食物可能引起的健康问题
5. VERB (因在其上写违法的内容而)使(选票)无效
   If someone spoils their vote, they write something illegal on their voting paper, usually as a protest about the election, and their vote is not accepted.
   1. They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers...
      他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。
   2. The results showed that 7.2% of the voters cast blank or spoiled ballots.
      结果显示，7.2 %的选民投了空白或无效票。
6. N-PLURAL 战利品;因成功获得的好处
   The spoils of something are things that people get as a result of winning a battle or of doing something successfully.
   1. True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war...
      按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。
   2. Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.
      相互争斗的军阀及外国列强们正在争夺政治上的收益。
7. PHRASE 可供选择的东西众多
   If you say that someone is spoilt for choice or spoiled for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from.
   1. At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.
      到了午餐时间，议员们有 26 家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。

1. I don't think it would spoil the dimensions of the room.
   我不认为它会破坏房间的大小。
2. Most common health upsets that spoil a holiday are easily preventable.
   导致假期泡汤的大多数常见的身体不适都是很容易预防的。
3. It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life
   重要的是不要让错误毁了你的生活。
4. Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.
   宁静的夏夜可能会被蚊子破坏掉。
5. Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.
   祖父母每次来访都往往禁不住要娇惯孙辈。
6. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer
   今年夏天买瓶新香水慰劳一下自己吧。
7. Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts, but I wanted to spoil him. He was my man.
   也许我可以雇别人来熨他的衬衫，但我想好好宠他。他是我爱的男人。
8. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid
   我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。
9. Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning
   有些生物会导致食物变质并引起食物中毒。
10. Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit.
    去年我的一些苹果被果内的虫子给蛀坏了。
11. They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers
    他们通过广播呼吁选民们投无效选票。
12. The results showed that 7.2% of the voters cast blank or spoiled ballots.
    结果显示，7.2%的选民投了空白或无效票。
13. True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war
    按照军事惯例，胜者正在分享战利品。
14. Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.
    相互争斗的军阀及外国列强们正在争夺政治上的收益。
15. At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.
    到了午餐时间，议员们有26家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。
16. I had an uneasy feeling that he was going to spoil it.
    我有种不安的感觉，觉得他会把事情搞糟。
17. Her untimely return could spoil Miss Melville's entire programme for the evening.
    她提前回来可能会破坏掉梅尔维尔小姐今晚的整个计划。
18. He is a man who will spoil rather than accomplish things.
    他这个人成事不足，坏事有余。
19. Don't spoil the child.
    别把孩子宠坏了。
20. Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets just before dinner.
    不要在饭前吃糖来损害你的食欲。
21. He may spoil the whole show.
    事情可能就败在他手里。
22. Overacting will only spoil the effect.
    表演过火，效果反而不好。
23. Frosts spoil the last of the flowers.
    霜冻冻坏了最后一批花朵。
24. We must spoil you a little before you go.
    你走之前咱们得让你开开心。
25. Don't have any more chocolate& you'll spoil your appetite.
    别再吃巧克力了，你会吃不下饭的。
26. If this drought continued, it would spoil everything.
    如果继续干旱下去，一切都完了。
27. Too much of this food will spoil your appetite.
    这东西吃多了容易倒胃口。
28. A fond mother may spoil her child.
    一个溺爱孩子的母亲会把孩子宠坏。
29. Did you need to spoil it by making me nauseous?
    难道你真有必要倒我的胃口吗？
30. To come and spoil my fun.
    太阳破坏了我的乐趣。

  ruin ravage spoil【导航词义：破坏】

  ruin v. 毁坏，毁掉

〔辨析〕强调程度，指完全毁掉，用于具体的事物时，指该事物虽然被毁坏，但依然存在。

  ravage v. 摧毁，严重破坏

〔辨析〕强调程度严重，通常用被动语态。

  spoil v. 毁掉，破坏

〔辨析〕指使某物的优良特性或特征不复存在，但此物依然存在，语气没有ruin 强。

v.

be spoiling for a fight

• 按捺不住想打架
  to want to fight with sb very much

spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth/ha'pennyworth of tar

• 因小失大
  to spoil sth good because you did not spend enough money or time on a small but essential part of it

too many cooks spoil the broth

• 厨师多了烧坏汤；人多手杂反坏事；人多添乱
  if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done well

noun

1. the act of stripping and taking by force

   Synonym:    spoliationspoilationdespoilationdespoilmentdespoliation

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
   1. her spoiling my dress was deliberate

   Synonym:    spoilingspoilage

3. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
   1. to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

verb

1. alter from the original

   Synonym:    corrupt

2. become unfit for consumption or use
   1. the meat must be eaten before it spoils

   Synonym:    go bad

3. make imperfect
   1. nothing marred her beauty

   Synonym:    marimpairdeflowervitiate

4. destroy and strip of its possession
   1. The soldiers raped the beautiful country

   Synonym:    rapedespoilviolateplunder

5. have a strong desire or urge to do something
   1. She is itching to start the project
   2. He is spoiling for a fight

   Synonym:    itch

6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

   Synonym:    botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

7. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   1. What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
   2. foil your opponent

   Synonym:    thwartqueerscotchfoilcrossfrustratebafflebilk

8. treat with excessive indulgence
   1. grandparents often pamper the children
   2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!

   Synonym:    pamperfeatherbedcossetcockerbabycoddlemollycoddleindulge