spite
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spite1 /spaɪt/ ●●○ W3 noun [uncountable] 1 in spite of something ALTHOUGHwithout being affected or prevented by something 虽然；不顾；尽管…（仍…） SYN despite We went out in spite of the rain. 尽管下着雨，我们还是出去了。 Kelly loved her husband in spite of the fact that he drank too much. 虽然丈夫酗酒，凯莉仍然爱着他。2 CRUELa feeling of wanting to hurt or upset people, for example because you are jealous or think you have been unfairly treated 恶意；怨恨；坏心眼out of spite (=because of spite) 出于恶意 She broke it just out of spite. 她就是出于恶意把它打破的。pure/sheer spite (=spite and nothing else) 纯属恶意3 in spite of yourself ALTHOUGHif you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it 不由自主地，身不由己地 The picture made her laugh in spite of herself. 这幅画让她忍俊不禁。
Examples from the Corpus
spite• Agelong Hindu cruelty to his unhappy brethren filled Ambedkar with anger and spite.• Gerald's feelings of injustice turned to bitterness and spite.• Biblical movies usually wind up epic in scope in spite of every effort to keep them small.• In spite of his other fencing skills, Richie had never quite mastered the post hammer.• In spite of the furor the codicil caused, life went on much as before.• In spite of the vote for Clinton in 1992, it is that second personality that has been in the ascendant recently.• Sometimes the pirates would sink a boat out of spite for wasting their time.• She quit college and worked as a waitress out of spite towards her parents.• Ignore what Martin says. It's pure spite.• This is not to say that spite, malice or dishonesty may not exist; they clearly can.pure/sheer spite• Or were they keeping me here out of sheer spite?• They wanted to peck you all over, out of sheer spite.spite2 verb [transitive only in infinitive] UPSETto deliberately annoy or upset someone 故意与〔某人〕作对，恶意对待 The neighbours throw things over the garden wall just to spite us. 邻居把东西扔过花园围墙，故意和我们作对。 → cut off your nose to spite your face at cut → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
spite• Now he's asking to keep the dog just to spite his ex-wife.• Pretty belonged in this country to spite La Bruja.• To spite me, Edusha talked of him continually.• We can be cutting off our noses to spite our faces if dealers aren't making enough money to carry on.• He lives just to get back in office to spite the people.just to spite• You know what he's like ... I wouldn't put it past him to say yes just to spite me.• Disappointed protesters complained that the government had reformed the tax just to spite them.Origin spite1 (1200-1300) despite (noun) ((13-20 centuries)); → DESPITEspite1 nounspite2 verbChinese
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spite
spite1 W3 /spaɪt/ 
noun [uncountable]1. in spite of something without being affected or prevented by something
SYN despite:
We went out in spite of the rain.
Kelly loved her husband in spite of the fact that he drank too much.
2. a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset people, for example because you are jealous or think you have been unfairly treated
out of spite (=because of spite)
She broke it just out of spite.
pure/sheer spite (=spite and nothing else)
3. in spite of yourself if you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it:
The picture made her laugh in spite of herself.
spite2 verb [transitive only in infinitive]
to deliberately annoy or upset someone:
The neighbours throw things over the garden wall just to spite us.
⇨ cut off your nose to spite your face at CUT OFF(10)
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noun [uncountable]1. in spite of something without being affected or prevented by something SYN despite:
2. a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset people, for example because you are jealous or think you have been unfairly treated
out of spite (=because of spite)
pure/sheer spite (=spite and nothing else)
3. in spite of yourself if you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it:
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verb [transitive only in infinitive]to deliberately annoy or upset someone:
⇨ cut off your nose to spite your face at CUT OFF(10)
Ways of saying 'but' “但是” 的表达方式
◆ Politicians have promised to improve road safety. So far, however , little has been achieved.政客们承诺要加强道路安全。但是，迄今为止成效微乎其微。 ◆ Despite clear evidence from road safety studies, no new measures have been introduced.尽管道路安全研究已得出确切依据，但仍未实施任何新措施。 ◆ Politicians have promised to improve road safety. In spite of this /Despite this , little has been achieved so far.政客们承诺要加强道路安全。尽管如此，迄今为止成效微乎其微。 ◆ Although politicians have promised to improve road safety, little has been achieved so far.尽管政客们承诺要加强道路安全，但是迄今为止成效微乎其微。 ◆ Some politicians claim that the new transport policy has been a success. In fact , it has been a total disaster.一些政客宣称新的交通政策非常成功，实际上却是彻头彻尾的失败。 ◆ Government campaigns have had a measure of success, but the fact remains that large numbers of accidents are still caused by careless drivers.政府的宣传活动取得了一定的成功，但实际情况是大量的交通事故仍然是由于驾驶者疏忽造成的。