spoil

1. V-T If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory. 毀壞; 破壞

It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life. 重要的是不要讓錯(cuò)誤毀了你的生活。

2. V-T 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. 嬌慣

Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit. 每次祖父母來訪，常常禁不住要嬌慣孫輩。

3. V-T If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them. 犒勞; 優(yōu)待

Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer. 今年夏天買瓶新香水犒勞一下自己吧。

4. V-T/V-I If food spoils or if it is spoiled, it is no longer fit to be eaten. 使 (食物) 變壞; (食物) 變壞

We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid. 我們都知道油脂發(fā)臭就變壞了。

5. PHRASE If you say that someone is spoiled for choice or spoilt for choice, you mean that they have a great many things of the same type to choose from. (因可選的太多而) 不知作何選擇是好[英國英語]