despite和in spite of是两个可以互换使用的介词和介词短语,均表示“不管,不顾”。despite比in spite of简单、语气轻,也更文雅一些,但后者比前者用得更普遍,常用于“in spite of everything”中。
词源记忆法
来源于拉丁语中由前缀de-(下降,向下)和动词specere(看)组成的复合动词despicere(看不起某人)的过去分词despectus,在古法语中为despite,被英语借用为despite和spite。
重要短语
in spite of尽管;不管,不顾
in spite of oneself adv.不由自主地
in spite尽管
out of spite出于恶意;为泄恨
Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I think that man has a spite against us, he is always trying to disorganise our plans.
我看那人对我们不怀好意, 他老是企图破坏我们的计划.
来源:《简明英汉词典》In spite of the long trip, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox.
虽然经过长途旅行, 乔迪到达的时候仍然显得神采奕奕.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》虽然当地居民主要是中国人,英语却成了商业上正式使用的语言。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends'attempts to dissuade him.
奇切思特不顾朋友们的劝阻,再次启程远航.
来源:《简明英汉词典》他们拒绝工作,这是跟自己过不去,因为公司会关闭.
来源:《简明英汉词典》She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.
她被深深地打动了,禁不住为之动容。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly.
尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸,一切都进行得很顺利.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage...
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》In spite of the bad things he's done I still believe in his essential goodness.
尽管他做了坏事,我仍然相信他本性是善良的.
来源:《简明英汉词典》
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