1. vi.变质　 become bad or unfit to be used
2. vt.毁掉　 make (sth) useless, valueless or unsatisfactory; ruin
3. vt.溺爱　 harm the character by lack of discipline or too much generosity, attention, praise, etc.

　～ sb's fun　使某人扫兴
　～ a holiday　使假日过得不好
　～ a plan　打乱计划
　～ the pleasure　扫兴
　～ a sheet of paper　糟蹋一张纸
　～ a trip　破坏一次旅行
　～ disastrously　灾难性地毁坏
　～ frightfully　宠得不成样子
　～ hopelessly　糟糕地毁坏
　～ sadly　悲惨地毁坏
　～ sickeningly　令人难受地溺爱
　～ for　心想
　～ for learning　求学心切
　～ sb of sth　抢走了某人的某物

　Some kinds of food soon spoil.　有些食物易变质。
　They ate the fish before it spoiled.　他们没等鱼变坏就把它吃了。
　Food spoils more quickly without preservatives.　食物不加防腐剂会坏得更快。
　Milk spoils if not refrigerated.　牛奶不冷藏就会变坏。
　The fruit has spoiled in the hot sun.　水果在暴晒下变坏了。
　Try not to spoil any material.　设法别糟蹋材料。
　The heavy rain has spoilt the flowers in the park.　这阵大雨把公园里的花全浇坏了。
　Now I've spoilt this letter, it will have to be done all over again.　我把这封信弄坏了，得重写一封。
　If this drought continued, it would spoil everything.　如果继续干旱下去，一切都完了。
　That ink mark has spoilt your dress.　那墨渍弄脏了你的连衣裙。
　The rain spoiled our pleasure.　雨扫了我们的兴。
　The writer has spoiled an otherwise good story by striving after effects.　这位作家由于拼命追求效果反而把一篇本来还不错的小说搞糟了。
　His grandmother spoiled him.　他的祖母把他宠坏了。
　Spare the rod and spoil the child.　孩子不打不成器。
　He likes having a wife who spoils him.　他喜欢有一位对他非常关心的太太。
　This hotel advertises that it spoils its guests.　该旅馆做广告说他们对顾客是有求必应。
　They are financiers who spoiled widows of their money.　他们是掠夺寡妇钱财的金融家。
　The bandits spoiled the villagers of their food and clothes.　土匪们抢走了村民们的食物和衣服。
　The dinner was completely spoilt.　这顿饭完全给破坏了。
　The tourists were beautifully spoiled in Guilin.　游客们在桂林被美丽的景致弄得目不暇接。
　Tom is terribly spoiled.　汤姆被宠得不成样子了。
　You should send the child to a kindergarten; he is being spoilt at home.　你们应把孩子送到幼儿园去，呆在家里就把他逐渐宠坏了。
　There are so many lovely things I could wear tonight, I'm spoilt for choice.　今晚我有非常多的好看的东西可以佩带，我真是受宠若惊，都无法决定选哪一件了。
　The rich man was spoiled of his goods.　这个有钱人的财物被抢走了。
　He is a spoilt child.　他是个惯坏了的孩子。
　Her husband behaves just like a spoilt child.　她丈夫的行为像个宠坏了的孩子。

 ♣ spoil by　(v.+prep.)
　因…而毁坏；因…而宠坏　make (sth) useless because of sth; harm the character of by sth
　The small boy spoilt the picture by smearing it with ink.　那孩子往画上抹墨水把画给毁了。
　He spoilt the performance by speaking out of turn.　不该他说话时他说了话，结果把整个演出搞糟了。
　We've had a wonderful day out; let's not spoil it now by having a quarrel.　今天我们出来玩得非常开心，现在别让争吵给破坏了。
　He spoiled his son by giving him too much money.　由于他给孩子太多的钱惯坏了孩子。
　The plan was quite spoilt by the rain.　计划完全被这场雨破坏了。
　Our holidays were spoilt by the bad weather.　天气不好把我们的假日破坏了。
　The picture on our TV is spoilt by interference from your vacuum cleaner.　我家电视机的图像由于你的吸尘器干扰而不清楚了。
　My essay was spoilt by careless mistake.　我的作文给粗心大意弄糟了。
　The truth is she is spoilt by her grandmother.　实际情况是她给她奶奶惯坏了。
 ♣ spoil face〔beauty〕
　毁损某人的容貌　ruin one's face
　The murderer attempted to escape from law punishment by spoiling his own face.　那个杀人犯企图自毁容貌而逃脱法律的惩罚。
　The young man who spoiled his girl friend's beauty with sulphuric acid was sentenced to death.　那个用硫酸毁损女朋友容貌的年轻人被判处死刑。
 ♣ spoil for　(v.+prep.)
　一心想某事 be eager〔keen〕　for sth
　He's spoiling for an argument.　他存心想争吵。
　It was obviously from his attitude that he was spoiling for a fight.　他摆出那副架势显然是憋足了劲要打架。
　They have well-trained troops, who are spoiling for a fight.　他们有一支训练有素，求战心切的部队。
　He spoils for learning.　他求学心切。
 ♣ spoil with　(v.+prep.)
　用…破坏　make (sth) bad with sth
　She spoiled the soup with too much salt.　她盐放得太多，把汤糟蹋了。

 ♣ spoil, baby, humour, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper
　参见indulge条。
 ♣ spoil, damage, demolish, ruin
　参见damage条。
 ♣ spoil, harm
　这组词的共同意思是“损害”。其区别在于：
1. harm常指肉体或精神受到“损伤”，也可指某事〔物〕受到“损害”或“损失”，带来烦恼及不便；而spoil常指力量、价值等的降低或事物的最终毁灭，也可指日常生活中某事不顺利或碰钉子等。
2. harm语气较弱；而spoil则语气较强。
 ♣ spoiled, spoilt
　这组词同为spoil的过去式和过去分词形式。spoiled表示的损害、伤害较轻微；而用spoilt则表示彻底破坏；当表示惯坏或宠坏时，两者所表达的意思一样；表示抢劫时只用spoiled.

U P 〈正〉战利品，赃物things taken, especially by an army from a defeated enemy or by thieves

　spoil　可作复数或不可数名词。

　with the ～s　带着赃物
　the ～s of war　战利品

　There is some spoils of war in his hands.　在他的手里有些战利品。
　The thief escaped with his spoils.　这个小偷带着赃物逃走了。