| 单词 | spoilsport |
| 例句 | “Boys,” said Mr. Weasley under his breath, “I don’t want you betting. That’s all your savings. Your mother —” “Don’t be a spoilsport, Arthur!” boomed Ludo Bagman, rattling his pockets excitedly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He deserved it for being such a spoilsport. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The Lorax, a furry little spoilsport “who speaks for the trees,” objects with increasingly alarmed reports on the destruction caused by the Once-ler’s industrial plant: Perspective | Is Dr. Seuss’s Lorax real? These professors may have solved a 47-year-old mystery. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Films like Bernie and Funny People force grumpy old men, naysayers and spoilsports to confront the timeless question: will wonders never cease? If Jack Black can make an excellent movie, surely anything is possible 2012-07-26T16:00:00Z Battles are waged, speeches are made and foreign enemies soon become the least of Luna’s problems: Bureaucrats, cowards and other homegrown spoilsports continually try to sabotage his unconventional plans. Review: ‘Heneral Luna’ Is a Patriotic Biopic That Aspires to Epicness 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z It's the other way round: at times like this killjoys and spoilsports get to be portrayed as republicans. The Queen's jubilee should be a time of rejoicing for our spoilsports 2012-06-02T23:05:41Z He feels I am overreacting and a spoilsport. My husband's addicted to pornography and uses me sexually to re-enact his online viewing 2010-10-07T20:00:00Z What’s missing from all the fun and games — not to be a spoilsport! — is a little content. Has Theater Lost Its Mind? Queen of the Night and Other Immersions 2014-02-13T18:55:19Z But, even as an atheist, you feel a bit of a spoilsport for chalking up your belief that this is as good as it gets. The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society – review 2012-12-19T18:49:35Z They head to a pirate bar in Nassau, though the big spoilsport still isn't wearing his frock. Anne of the Indies forces facts to walk the plank 2012-07-26T07:53:00Z “That left me to play the unenviable role,” she writes, “of spoilsport schoolmarm.” Hillary Clinton Opens Up About ‘What Happened,’ With Candor, Defiance and Dark Humor 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z A spoilsport might wonder aloud how many states now collect more revenue from lotteries than from corporate income tax. Watching Lottery Drawings in an Age of Plutocracy 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But inevitably, from time to time, it happens: some spoilsport grows dissatisfied with words. Sticking the world together with words 2010-07-19T09:22:00Z And somewhere in the middle there is an extraordinary coup de théâtre, which only a spoilsport would further detail. Andrew Schneider’s ‘Youarenowhere’ Is at the Coil Festival 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z With the latter, she may find you a spoilsport or a scold. Social Q’s : Thy Neighbor’s Flag - Social Q’s 2013-01-24T19:59:27Z In spite of his role as enforcer and chief network spoilsport, Mr. Tankersley was generally well respected, even by his antagonists. William H. Tankersley, Watchdog for CBS Taste Standards, Dies at 98 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Dromgoole and Mr. Buckhurst’s production seems conceived to reach as wide an audience as possible, in particular winning over those spoilsports who find Shakespeare a dreary slog. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z But -- spoilsport alert -- as a whole, the whole thing is wrong. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Seven complaints about its 2015 selections 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z I also don’t want to be a spoilsport who vetoes his choices just because they aren’t what I want to watch. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: They ‘take turns’ choosing movies but it’s always the boyfriend’s turn 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z I'm nearly a senior citizen and don't want to seem like a spoilsport, unfriendly or intolerant. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She doesn’t want to be the ‘mean old lady’ next door 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to be a spoilsport, and I don’t think I’m a Luddite. First: The Twitter Trap 2011-05-18T20:53:46Z We have malls, and if you don’t think going to the mall is a blast, then you’re just a spoilsport. Notes from a trailing spouse: This is fun Goddamnit! Abu Dhadi knows how to have a good time 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Sorry to be a spoilsport, reader, but my heart sinks at the sight of people bowing and scraping before aristocrats with titles they haven’t earned. Review: After the Terrors of the Blitz Comes ‘A Royal Night Out’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Yet ambiguous claims involving spirituality and a sort of interpersonal energy transference are unsupported, and there’s an underlying implication that doubters are just spoilsports. Review: ‘The Doctor From India’ Pushes Nontraditional Medicine 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Never mind the spoilsport who defines college as “those magical seven years between high school and your first warehouse job.” Opinion | As enrollment plummets, academia gets schooled about where it went wrong 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z ERB Inc. scrupulously guards the still-lucrative legacy of this outsized — only spoilsports would say outdated — out-and-out genius of popular genre fiction. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Speculative Fiction 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z But rising interest rates and fears of a recession may play spoilsport in an industry where most vehicle purchases are financed with loans, analysts say. US first-quarter auto sales set to rise on better inventory 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Red hot inflation has also played spoilsport for consumer finance companies as surging costs dampen purchasing power and force Americans, especially those in the lower income bracket, to tighten their purse strings. BNPL lender Affirm's shares tumble after gloomy full-year revenue forecast 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Just as investors were starting to get more confident about a soft landing for the world's largest economy, with strong jobs growth and cooling inflation, China is playing spoilsport. Morning Bid: Fasten your seat belts 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Just as markets seemed to factor in a less hawkish Federal Reserve and relief for economies and businesses, politics is playing spoilsport. Morning Bid: In pursuit of Pelosi's plane 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The Miami Marlins, those spoilsports, called for an intentional walk. ‘A Win Is a Win. It’s Over.’ 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The couple had planned a lavish wedding in April, but then the pandemic played spoilsport. India couple bullied for intimate wedding photoshoot 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z It felt like being a spoilsport to be the person who pointed out that there was no conflict at all, and that the only way to save the economy was to contain the virus. Health vs. the economy? It was always a bogus choice, but the media helped spread it 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Now, he claims that the liberal spoilsports are trying to eliminate Thanksgiving, too. Opinion | Trump’s claim of a ‘war on Thanksgiving’ is absurd — but also sinister 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z These are questions asked by jerks and spoilsports, and I wish I had better ones to ask of See. See is a funny TV show, but not on purpose 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z And they think women who speak out about sexual violence are being spoilsports. Trump accused of rape, major media yawns: Why was E. Jean Carroll's story not front page news? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Well, call me a spoilsport, but I’d say that if you attack people you disagree with in the name of tolerance, you’re probably not thinking your opinions through. Milkshakes: a delicious drink, or the new symbol of the resistance? 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z I’m not interested in being a spoilsport, or even a killjoy trying to “improve” a great holiday tradition. Forget ‘trick or treat,’ try ‘cash or candy’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Now he’s gone, the spoilsport Japanese FA ousting him lest his no-nonsense approach lead to under-performances or a tremendous ruckus on the global stage. World Cup Fiver | The chances of a spectacular implosion have definitely lengthened 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z All have virtues as striking as their shortcomings, if you’re not being a spoilsport. Opinion | Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z “That left me to play the unenviable role of spoilsport schoolmarm, pointing out that there was no way Bernie could keep his promises or deliver real results.” Analysis | The Daily 202: The reading list that helped Hillary Clinton cope 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “The person who tells people how an effect is achieved is often resented, considered a spoilsport, a party-pooper,” he wrote, around a decade ago, in a paper called “Explaining the ‘Magic’ of Consciousness.” Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Don't want to be a spoilsport, but I'm ready for summer to finally end.Oh. New York Today: An Extended Summer 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z We don’t mean to be spoilsports, but there is the minor detail that no one elects Fed Governors. The Federal Reserve’s Politicians 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z More than 1,700 people have fallen victim to a service that allows spoilsports to anonymously send “Game of Thrones” revelations to friends, enemies or anyone else. Spoiler Alert! This Article About Spoilers Is Full of Spoilers 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Reporters who criticize or dig too deep are cast by the administration as spoilsports or, worse, cut off from sources. How Obama Gets Away With It 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The combination of jokes and bluster is hard to oppose, not without making an interrogator look like a spoilsport and a killjoy. Post-truth politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are no joke | Jonathan Freedland 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Don't want to be a spoilsport, but I'm ready for summer to finally end. New York Today: An Extended Summer 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z However, as Qlik earns nearly 2/3rd of its revenue from outside of the Americas, we expect currency fluctuations to play a minor spoilsport in the near term. Qlik Q2 Earnings Preview: Expect Growth In Both Customer Base And Revenues 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Apropos of nothing, Kobe Bryant then got into the act by tweeting drawings of five trophies, pretty much shutting everyone up, that spoilsport. DeAndre Jordan's return is a change for the better for Clippers 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Thumping, 20-yard volleys are kinda difficult to ignore and Heaps would be a snotty-nosed spoilsport were he to dump the Uruguayan back on the bench for next week’s top-of-the-table face-off with DC United. It's been a good week for Mix Diskerud and New York City FC 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The spoilsport organizers say "there'll be no poisonings or suspicious deaths" Game of Thrones pop-up restaurant opens in London for three-day feast 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Of course, there are spoilsports, people who reject improv training because they think they don’t need it or it doesn’t apply to work. Why Improv Training Is Great Business Training 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z However, we expect currency fluctuations to play a minor spoilsport in the short run. Qlik Q2 Earnings Preview: Expect Growth In Both Customer Base And Revenues 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Like a prudish spoilsport, the European economic crisis is rapidly changing Italy’s social mores. So Long Lover. You’re too Expensive. 2013-08-26T08:45:00Z “I’m sorry to be a spoilsport,” a source close to the original investigation told me. The Man at the Center of the Princess Diana Conspiracy 2013-08-20T22:35:00Z I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but I looked up the past 15 NFL drafts. Will Robert Griffin III be a star or a dud? 2012-04-25T22:00:14Z Branca also talks at length about how he found out the Giants were stealing signs that year and how he never complained because he did not want to seem like a spoilsport. Bats: The Shot Heard 'Round Brooklyn 2011-10-26T00:07:32Z The Australians, however, played spoilsport and led from start to finish. Australia relay team cause upset at world swim championship 2011-07-24T14:09:48Z "We just hope the rains do not play spoilsport." Indians stake ?28m on whether Sachin Tendulkar will score his 100th century 2011-07-22T14:38:14Z Such comic dismay was registered on the faces of the group that Doris’ intention to play the spoilsport fled in a burst of laughter from her pouting lips. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z "If other people believe that it brings luck or brings face, I'd be a spoilsport." Extinction in a Bowl of Soup 2010-08-10T23:10:00Z The famously grumpy Brazil coach effectively accused Portugal of being spoilsports for packing their defense and challenging Brazil to find a way through. Brazil's excuses unlikely to cut much ice 2010-06-26T09:03:00Z "They risk being depicted as the spoilsports of the World Cup because they've had it up to here." World Cup bonanza bypasses many South Africans 2010-06-19T15:50:00Z Scientists are such spoilsports, always insisting on gathering data on the likely effects of a strategy before implementing it. The Case Against Sand Berms in the Gulf: Begley 2010-06-11T23:35:00Z “You really don’t want to be a complete spoilsport, but you work hard and you say, ’OK, this crosses the line,’ and you fine somebody,” Stern said. There will be no free agency summit, Stern says 2010-06-04T01:14:00Z "Proper" Test career averages normally need you to have played a minimum of 20 innings though - spoilsports. Live - Bangladesh v England 2010-03-23T02:58:00Z Reacting to Britain’s deficit last fall by preaching fiscal austerity, the Tories found themselves once more in the position of grim spoilsports eager to cut government programs. Election Looming, Tories Put Posh Foot in Mouth 2010-03-23T01:20:00Z As elsewhere the use of the hyphen depends largely in the familiarity of the phrase; spoilsport, pickpocket. Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36 "Oh, hang it all, why do you want to be such a spoilsport?" demanded the poor wretch in torture. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon And I tell you it's no joke for a natural man who loves to hang around and pal with his neighbors to put himself in the position of a spoilsport or an odd goody-goody. Green Valley If it was that Bengough creature again, let her look after herself; Oleron was not going to have things cramp themselves on his defenceless back for the sake of such a spoilsport as she!… Widdershins Unfortunately Mr. Alpha used it with a sarcastic inflection, implying that he regarded Mr. Omega as a prig, a fussy old person, a miser, a spoilsport, and, indeed, something less than a man. The Plain Man and His Wife The wealthy gentleman who gives carte blanche to his dealers and agents is merely a spoilsport. The Collectors No kind words nor angry cries Turn away this grim spoilsport; No fine lady's pleading eyes, Neither love, nor hate, nor ... port. Fairies and Fusiliers No; I certainly don't want to be a spoilsport, and I'm glad I wasn't there—in my official capacity. Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" No, Alicia, I fear I might intrude; I know you want to flirt with this young actor, and I'd be a spoilsport. Two Little Women on a Holiday Please—please—I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched. A Room with a View |
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