spoiled /spɔɪld/ (also spoilt British English)adjectiveadj
1SSCBAD PERSONa spoiled person, especially a child, is rude and behaves badly because they have always been given what they want and allowed to do what they want 〔尤指小孩〕惯坏的,宠坏的
Ben was a spoilt brat (=a spoiled and unpleasant child).
本是个被宠坏的小恶魔。
Their children were spoiled rotten (=very spoiled).
他们的孩子完全被宠坏了。
2.be spoilt/spoiled for choiceBritish EnglishBrECHOOSE to have so many good things to choose from that you cannot decide which one to choose 好东西多得挑花了眼
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be spoilt/spoiled for choice• As the Empireplayer you are spoiled for choice.• Often, we seem to be spoiled for choice and hampered, even paralysed, by our fear of the unknown.
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spoiled• The entirestation knew about his spoiled child bride.• She would feel like a spoiled child insisting that she wanted to go home.• Perhaps spoiled children are all alike.• She had no sympathy for the rich, spoiledgirl who'd walked out of her room and disappeared.• In a nutshell, they behaved like spoiledkids.• Those kids are definitely spoiled - they need to learn some manners.