spiteful
英 [ˈspaɪtfl] 美 [ˈspaɪtfəl]

adj.

恶意的，居心不良的，故意使人苦恼的；刻毒；

英英释义

spiteful[ 'spaitful ]

• adj.showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

  "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"

  同义词：despitefulvindictive

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. It was spiteful of you to tell him that.
   你告诉他那件事是怀有恶意的。
2. He has been a spiteful sort of man.
   他是一个善于怀恨的男人。

权威例句

Spiteful animals still to be discovered
Spiteful bidding in sealed-bid auctions
The 'spiteful' origins of human cooperation
Selfish and Spiteful Behaviour in an Evolutionary Model
Spiteful Soldiers and Sex Ratio Conflict in Polyembryonic Parasitoid Wasps
Chimpanzees are vengeful but not spiteful.
Spiteful Interactions in a Natural Population of the BacteriumXenorhabdus bovienii
Spiteful interactions between sympatric natural isolates of Xenorhabdus bovienii benefit kin and reduce virulence
On the evolutionary stability of altruistic and spiteful preferences
Erratum: Spiteful soldiers and sex ratio conflict in polyembryonic parasitoid wasps (American Naturalist 169, (519-533))