spoiling

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. The strawberries are kept in cold storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation.
   草莓在运输过程中要冷藏，以防止变质。
2. That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren.
   当他们坚持说她是在溺爱孙儿，她通常会作出那样的回应。
3. It is regrettable that strike leaders seem intent on spoiling holidays.
   遗憾的是罢工领导人似乎决意要破坏节日的气氛。
4. 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。
5. A mob armed with guns was at the border between the two republics, spoiling for a fight.
   一群持枪暴民聚集在两个共和国的边境上，急于开战。
6. The scene is so rich in symbolism that any explanation risks spoiling the effect.
   该场景具有丰富的象征意义，任何解释都可能破坏其效果。
7. You are spoiling this man's son.
   贼夫人之子。
8. I don't approve of your spoiling the child like that.
   我可看不惯你这么娇惯孩子。
9. For spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
   毁灭和强暴在我面前。又起了争端和相斗的事。
10. Thanks a lot for spoiling my evening.
    多谢你毁了我的夜生活。
11. You find that your hands or arms move unexpectedly, spoiling delicate work or making messy spills.
    你发现得你的手或手臂总是不由自主地乱动，而导致破坏精细的工作或使事情一团糟。
12. You know, it's my fault, for spoiling you the way I did.
    你知道，这完全是我的错，我做的太多，宠坏了你。
13. You're spoiling your servants.
    你把你的下人都宠坏了。
14. I have never revisited it for fear of spoiling my memories.
    我怕破坏我的记忆，所以从未再去那里。
15. "I have tickets for the opera", he said," oh, you're spoiling me", she replied, laughingly.
    我有歌剧的票子，他说。“哦，你把我宠坏了，”她笑着回答。
16. That man spoils his daughter and no good ever comes from spoiling a child like that.
    那个人把女儿宠坏了，像那样宠爱孩子是不好的。
17. I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory.
    我看来是破坏了大家的饮酒，抽烟和对胜利的美梦。
18. Breakfast in bed! You're spoiling me.
    在床上吃早饭！你在宠我。
19. Bacterial action on the wood had starved the water of oxygen, spoiling habitat for migrating salmon.
    木材的细菌作用耗尽了水中的氧气，破坏了迁徙性三文鱼的栖息环境。
20. Asking when the person want will be in He's spoiling for trouble.
    询问要找的人何时在他憋足了劲儿要找麻烦。
21. This preserves the original architectural vision and stops the proverbial too many cooks from spoiling the broth.
    这保持了原始的体系视角，停止了众所周知的“太多的厨子会坏了一锅汤”。
22. Stop saying yes all the time-you're spoiling her.
    不要总是说“好的”，你在溺爱她。
23. Pray about depression or negative emotions that are spoiling the atmosphere.
    为破坏了心情的抑郁和其他负面情绪祷告。
24. I hate spoiling the atmosphere.
    我也不想破坏你们的气氛。
25. It was saddening to think how man is spoiling this environment by over-fishing, and illegal fishing.
    想想人类过度捕捞和非法捕捞对环境造成的破坏，真是让人痛心。
26. There you go, spoiling them dogs.
    你在这儿把这些狗都惯坏了。
27. Can economics prevent such rows spoiling next Christmas?
    经济学家能阻止这类争吵、不让它毁掉下一个圣诞节吗？
28. I was annoyed at the boy for spoiling the toy which belongs to Joy.
    我生那个男孩子的气，因为他损坏了属于乔伊的玩具。
29. Don't you go looking for trouble. He's spoiling for trouble.
    你不要去自找麻烦了。他憋足了劲儿要找麻烦。
30. I can't go on spoiling your life and longer.
    我不能继续糟蹋你的生命。

noun

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

   Synonym:    spoilspoilage

2. the process of becoming spoiled

   Synonym:    spoilage