spite/spaɪt/

n U 恶意；怨恨

• He said it from spite. 他怀着恶意这么说的。

• She bore a spite against me. 她对我怀恨在心。

词组in spite of 不管；不顾

• In spite of what they said, I still went on with it. 不管他们说什么，我还是坚持做我的事情。

• We went out in spite of the snow. 尽管下着雪，我们还是出去了。

in spite of oneself 不由自主地

• We cried in spite of ourselves. 我们不由自主地哭起来。