Слово англійською: spoil

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spoil

verb
/spɔɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spoil
/spɔɪl/
he / she / it spoils
/spɔɪlz/
past simple spoiled
/spɔɪld/
past participle spoiled
/spɔɪld/
(British English also) past simple spoilt
/spɔɪlt/
(British English also) past participle spoilt
/spɔɪlt/
-ing form spoiling
/ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/
  1. [transitive] spoil something to change something good into something bad, unpleasant, etc. synonym ruin
    • Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather.
    • Don't let him spoil your evening.
    • The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
    • Don't eat too many nuts—you'll spoil your appetite (= will no longer be hungry at the proper time to eat).
    • I won’t tell you what happens in the last chapter—I don’t want to spoil it for you.
  2. [transitive] spoil somebody to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour synonym overindulge
    • She spoils those kids of hers.
    • My grandparents used to spoil me rotten.
  3. [transitive] spoil somebody/yourself to make somebody/yourself happy by doing something special
    • Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel?
    • He really spoiled me on my birthday.
  4. [intransitive] (of food) to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten synonym go off (6)
  5. [transitive] spoil something to mark a ballot paper in a way that is not correct so the vote does not count, especially as a form of protest
    • The group called on its supporters to spoil their ballot papers.
    6. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.
Idioms
be spoiling for a fight
  1. to want to fight with somebody very much
spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth/ha’pennyworth of tar
  1. (saying) to cause something good to fail because you did not spend a small but necessary amount of money or time on a small but essential part of it
too many cooks spoil the broth
  1. (saying) if too many people are involved in doing something, it will not be done well
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