spoil

1 عمومی:: فساد، تاراج‌، تباهی‌، سودباداورده‌، غنیمت‌، از، فاسد کردن، یغما

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: spoil to have a bad effect on something so that it is much less attractive, enjoyable etc: • New housing developments are spoiling the countryside. • The bad weather completely spoiled our holiday. ruin to spoil something completely and permanently: • Using harsh soap to wash your face can ruin your skin. • The argument ruined the evening for me. mar written to spoil something by making it less attractive or enjoyable: • His handsome Arab features were marred by a long scar across his face. • Outbreaks of fighting marred the New Year celebrations. detract from something to slightly spoil something that is generally very good, beautiful, or impressive: • The huge number of tourists rather detracts from the city’s appeal. • There were a few minor irritations, but this did not detract from our enjoyment of the holiday. undermine to spoil something that you have been trying to achieve: • The bombings undermined several months of careful negotiations. sour to spoil a friendly relationship between people or countries: • The affair has soured relations between the UK and Russia. poison to spoil a close relationship completely, so that people can no longer trust each other: • Their marriage was poisoned by a terrible dark secret. mess something up informal to spoil something important or something that has been carefully planned: • If there’s any delay, it will mess up our whole schedule.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with SPOIL, Also see SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD; TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH; TO THE VICTOR BELONG THE SPOILS.

American Heritage Idioms

3 general::   verb make sth useless/unsuccessful/not very good ADV. completely, quite Her selfish behaviour completely spoiled the evening. | rather, slightly, somewhat VERB + SPOIL mustn't, not be going to, not want to I don't want to spoil things for everyone else. | be a pity to It would be a pity to spoil the surprise. | try to | not let sth Don't let the bad weather spoil your holiday. a child PREP. with spoiling the children with expensive toys PHRASES be completely/thoroughly/utterly spoilt Those children are thoroughly spoilt! | spoil sb rotten My grandparents used to spoil me rotten. | a spoilt brat/child

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: verb rot: The food will spoil in this heat. verb ruined: She spoiled the day with her temper.

Simple Definitions