/spaɪt ||; spaɪt/noun [U] the desire to hurt or annoy sb 恶意:
He stole her letters out of spite. 他出于恶意偷了她的信。
spite verb [T]
in spite of used to show that sth happened although you did not expect it （用于引出出人意表的事）尽管，虽然:
In spite of all her hard work, Sue failed her exam. 休虽然很用功，可是考试不及格。 [SYN] despite 同义词为despite