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　　spice up

　　[spaɪs ʌp]

　　【释义】给…增添趣味；使…变得刺激

　　to add interest or excitement to sth

　　【例句】He exaggerated the details to spice up the story.

　　他添油加醋，使故事更有趣味。

　　02

　　ballistic

　　[bəˈlɪstɪk]

　　【释义】ADJ 弹道（学）的

　　Ballistic means relating to ballistics.

　　【例句】...ballistic missiles...

　　弹道导弹

　　go ballistic

　　【释义】(informal) 大怒；暴怒

　　to become very angry

　　【例句】He went ballistic when I told him.

　　我告诉他时他勃然大怒。

　　03

　　confiscate

　　[ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt]

　　【释义】VERB (通常作为惩罚)没收，把…充公

　　If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.

　　【例句】There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences...

　　有人担心警方利用该法罚没犯下轻罪的人的财产。

　　04

　　spite

　　[spaɪt]

　　【释义】N-UNCOUNT 恶意;怨恨

　　If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.

　　【例句】I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...

　　我拒绝和她离婚，就是为了出口恶气。

　　【释义】VERB (故意做坏事来)伤害，激怒

　　If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them.

　　【例句】Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.

　　潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去，存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。

　　inspite of sth

　　【释义】不管；尽管

　　if you say that sb did sth in spite of a fact, you mean it is surprising that that fact did not prevent them from doing it

　　同义词： despite

　　【例句】Inspite of his age, he still leads an active life.

　　尽管年事已高，他依旧过着一种忙碌的生活。

　　inspite of yourself

　　【释义】不由自主地

　　if you do sth in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not intend or expect to

　　【例句】He fell asleep, in spite of himself.

　　他还是不由得睡着了。

　　cut off your nose to spite your face

　　【释义】(informal) （恼怒之下）伤人害己，损人不利己

　　to do sth when you are angry that is meant to harm sb else but which also harms you

　　05

　　ingenuity

　　[ˌɪndʒəˈnjuːəti]

　　【释义】N-UNCOUNT 心灵手巧;善于创造发明

　　Ingenuity is skill at working out how to achieve things or skill at inventing new things.

　　【例句】Inspecting the nest may require some ingenuity.

　　探查鸟巢是需要些技巧的。