spite學測 L3KK [ˈspaɪt] ｜ /ˈspaɪt/
怨恨；惡意·故意刁難；存心傷害
同時身兼名詞與動詞，學測常考
She told lies about him to their friends out of spite, even though it made her look bad too.
她出於惡意跟他們的朋友說他的壞話，就算這樣做也會讓自己顏面受損。
一個畫面：冷笑扯後腿
冷笑嘴角上揚，帶著看好戲的惡意
扯後腿暗中搞破壞，讓對方難堪
傷己傷人明知自己也會受損，仍要讓對方不好過
義項
冷笑報復C1noun怨恨；惡意
Out of pure spite, she deleted all the photos from his phone before giving it back.
她心懷惡意，把手機還給他之前，先刪光了裡面所有的照片。
out of spite
存心刁難C2verb故意刁難；存心傷害
He canceled the trip just to spite his roommate, who had been looking forward to it.
他取消了這趟旅行，純粹是為了故意刁難一直很期待的室友。
just to spite
片語
in spite of儘管阻礙 →儘管；不顧某種情況
out of spite惡意報復 →出於惡意；蓄意報復
你會不會這樣說？
'___ the rain, they still went hiking.' 空格應填 in spite of 還是 out of spite？
看答案
in spite of
in spite of 表『儘管』；out of spite 才表惡意。
'He canceled the trip just to spite his roommate.' 這裡的 spite 是哪一種詞性？(A) 名詞 (B) 動詞
看答案
(B)
此句 spite 作動詞，意為故意讓室友不好受。
字族
spiteful 懷有惡意的；愛記恨的
順路看看
resentment — 怨恨情緒，較 spite 更偏向內心感受多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
同事衝突
Leo admitted that he had left his colleague out of the lunch invitation out of spite.
Leo 承認，他出於惡意，沒有邀請那位同事一起吃午餐。
團隊合作
She refused to share her meeting notes just to spite a coworker who had criticized her idea.
她拒絕分享會議筆記，只為了故意刁難一位曾批評她構想的同事。
詞族
spite noun / verb 惡意；故意刁難・spiteful adjective 懷有惡意的・spitefully adverb 惡意地・spitefulness noun 惡意；刻薄
四選一
The employee admitted that he had hidden the notes just to ____ his colleague.
看答案
spite
just to 在此引出目的，後接原形動詞 spite，再以 his colleague 作受詞，表示故意刁難同事。spiteful 是形容詞、spitefulness 是名詞、spitefully 是副詞，都無法在此充當所需的及物動詞。
同義改寫
Leo admitted that he had left his colleague out of the lunch invitation out of spite. → Leo admitted that he had left his colleague out of the lunch invitation because he wanted to upset him.
out of spite 說明排除同事是出於使對方難受的惡意；改寫保留這個動機。
She refused to share her meeting notes just to spite a coworker who had criticized her idea. → She refused to share her meeting notes just to deliberately upset a coworker who had criticized her idea.
此處 spite 表示故意使對方難受，deliberately upset 保留蓄意刁難的意思。