spoil · verb
Sens et exemples
Rendre quelque chose moins agréable, moins utile ou moins attrayant.
The loud music spoilt what should have been a quiet evening together.
Please do not spoil the surprise by telling her what we have planned.
A small stain does not spoil the dress enough to stop me wearing it.
He worried that asking too many questions might spoil their enjoyment of the game.
Formes
- spoil base form
- spoils third-person singular present
- spoilt past tense; past participle
- spoiling present participle