spoiling(动名词/现在分词)常见含义:
/ˈspɔɪlɪŋ/
Don’t open the oven door—you’re spoiling the cake.
别打开烤箱门——你会把蛋糕弄糟的。
By giving him everything he wanted and never setting boundaries, she was spoiling him and making it harder for him to handle disappointment later.
她满足了他所有要求、从不设界限,这是在溺爱他,也让他将来更难面对失望。
spoil 源自中古英语 spoilen,来自古法语 espoillier(“掠夺、剥夺”),进一步可追溯到拉丁语 spoliare(“剥去战利品/衣物,掠夺”)。从“掠夺、剥夺”引申出“把原本好好的东西弄坏、糟蹋”,再进一步发展出对人“过度给予、纵容”从而“把人养坏”的“溺爱”义;spoiling 是其现在分词/动名词形式。