Spoil

(noun.) the act of stripping and taking by force.

(noun.) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; 'her spoiling my dress was deliberate'.

(noun.) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); 'to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy'.

(verb.) become unfit for consumption or use; 'the meat must be eaten before it spoils'.

整理:理查德

• But it's no joke, you know--if she stays here all the autumn she'll spoil everything, and Maria Van Osburgh will simply exult. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I forgot it, but I want it done though it will spoil my looks. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Locksley now proceeded to the distribution of the spoil, which he performed with the most laudable impartiality. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• A number of persons crowded into a small room thus spoil the air in a few minutes and even render it mortal, as in the Black Hole at Calcutta. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It gave Mr. Justice Coffin no pleasure to hear Georgy cut into the conversation and spoil his stories. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I'm afraid I shall do something dreadful some day, and spoil my life, and make everybody hate me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It quite spoiled my pleasure for that night because it was so very embarrassing and so very ridiculous. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I'm afraid Laurie will be quite spoiled among them. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Jo wouldn't love him, but he might make her respect and admire him by doing something which should prove that a girl's 'No' had not spoiled his life. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He's my child, and I won't have his temper spoiled by indulgence. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I assure you he is very detestable; the Admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I was very sorry to learn that it was whiskey that spoiled such a career. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I've spoilt her, said he, taking her from me with good humour, and kissing her little hot face and burning lips. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But Mr Boffin is being spoilt by prosperity, and is changing every day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Our spoilt little woman, said my guardian, shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• If I knew which of your hands was the least spoilt, I would ask you to let me touch it,' said Bella, 'for the last time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Our lives, we see with a growing certitude, are fretted and shadowed and spoilt because there is as yet no worldwide law, no certain justice. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She is godmother to a real living Betsey Trotwood; and Dora (the next in order) says she spoils her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But Louisa spoils it all by trying to repress him and put herself forward. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But having turned its back upon the present, it has no way of returning to it laden with the spoils of the past. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Various methods were resorted to in order to keep mold and insects from spoiling the product. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We always let each other alone in time to prevent ill feeling from spoiling a joke. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But mamma was near spoiling all, a day or two later, by saying-- I hope your uncle Sir Godwin will not look down on Rosy, Mr. Lydgate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Once let in the principle, and I should have people going, and talking, and spoiling the simplicity of the whole thing. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• And I've heard say Mr. Bulstrode condemns Mrs. Vincy beyond anything for her flightiness, and spoiling her children so. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Then we must abstain from spoiling the dead or hindering their burial? 柏拉图. 理想国.

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