spite

名词 spite:

1. feeling a need to see others suffer
   同义词：malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom
2. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
   同义词：cattiness, bitchiness, spitefulness, nastiness

动词 spite:

1. hurt the feelings of
   同义词：hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend

1. He failed to lift the rock in spite of all his exertions.
   他虽竭尽全力，但仍然未能将那石头搬起来。
2. I'm sure he took my parking space just out of spite.
   我认为他侵占我的停车位肯定是有意和我作对。
3. I'm sure he took my parking space just to spite me.
   我认为他侵占我的停车位肯定是有意和我作对。
4. I went shopping in spite of the rain.
   尽管下雨，我还是出去买东西了。