"out of spite" 怎么发音

expression

US

OWT-uhv-SPYT

UK

OWT-ov-SPYT

释义

If you do something out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt, annoy, or upset someone, usually because you feel angry or resentful toward them.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈspaɪt

英式英语

ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /spˈaɪt

简化发音

美式

OWT-uhv-SPYT

英式

OWT-ov-SPYT

语境中听

He only said that out of spite because he was mad at me.

She unfriended me out of spite after our argument.

Sometimes people do things out of spite, even if it means they lose, too.

He took my seat out of spite.