0 to destroy or reduce the pleasure, interest, or beauty of something -- 破坏；糟蹋；毁掉
Since she supported none of the candidates, she spoiled her ballot paper. 几个候选人她哪个都不支持，因此她把选票作废了。
The dessert will spoil if you don't keep it in the fridge. 如果你不把甜点放在冰箱里，它会坏掉的。
You'll spoil your appetite for dinner if you have a cake now. 你要是现在吃蛋糕的话，就没胃口吃晚饭了。
I haven't seen the film, so don't spoil it for me by telling me what happens. 我还没看那部电影，所以别把内容告诉我，以免坏了我的兴致。
The oil spill has spoiled the whole beautiful coastline. 溢出的石油破坏了整段漂亮的海岸线。
He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening. 他努力不让那个坏消息破坏他晚上的兴致。
1 to treat someone very or too well, especially by being extremely generous -- （尤指极其慷慨地）宠爱，溺爱，纵容
2 to allow a child to do or have everything that it wants to, usually so that it expects to get everything it wants and does not show respect to other people -- 溺爱，娇惯；宠坏
3 earth, stones, etc. dug out from a hole in the ground -- （开掘时挖出的）废土，废石方
a spoil heap 弃土堆
4 goods, advantages, profits, etc. that you get by your actions or because of your position or situation -- 战利品，掠夺物；权力地位的连带利益，获益
She had spoiled him rotten, and did not intervene in time.
Despite being able to indulge his every wish, the king's appetite is spoiled by satiety, and instead of pleasure he can feel only pain.
Ambition to confirm one's aristocratic identity and serve the state was degenerating into social climbing and competition for spoils.
Tellingly, 29.9 per cent of the voters spoiled their ballots, and 1.2 per cent left their ballots blank.
The remaining 2.77 per cent of the votes were presumably spoiled ballots.
A dramatic story with tension and a climax may be spoilt if you know the ending first.
On the more crass level, generous spoils, including government-created research centers, were available to those who cooperated.
According to traditional practice, the spoils are carried along in the procession.
