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despite

/dɪˈspaɪt/ /dɪˈspaɪt/
  • prep.
    尽管,即使;不由自主地,忍不住地
  • n.
    <古>亵渎;<古>轻蔑,鄙视
  • v.
    <古>蔑视;<古>激怒
第三人称单数despites
现在分词despiting
过去式despited
过去分词despited
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词语例句

  1. 尽管,即使prep.

    四级
    • Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it.

      尽管她竭尽全力控制自己,声音仍然在颤抖。

    • Despite applying for hundreds of jobs, he is still out of work.

      尽管他申请了数百个工作,但仍然在失业中。

    • Despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.

      尽管竞争激烈,我8岁的女儿丽贝卡还是想把闲暇时间花在写短篇小说上。

  2. 不由自主地,忍不住地prep.

    • Despite myself, Harry's remarks had caused me to stop and reflect.

      哈里的话让我不由自主地停下来细想。

  3. <古>亵渎un.

    • The despite done by him to the holy relics provoked an angry response.

      他对这些圣物的亵渎引起了人们的愤怒。

  4. <古>轻蔑,鄙视un.

    • The entertainment industry only earns my despite.

      我只会对娱乐圈嗤之以鼻。

  1. Despite our worries everything turned out well.
    尽管我们都很担心,结果一切都顺利。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. Despite being a big star, she's very approachable.
    她虽然是个大明星,却非常平易近人。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. Despite being tortured she proclaimed her innocence.
    尽管受到拷打,她仍声称自己是清白的。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • Despite all the rhetoric
    说来说去
  • I'm cool despite emergency
    虽然急迫但我内心依然冷静;我心静如水;虽然急迫但我内心冷静
  • Despite repeated prohibitions
    屡禁不止
  • despite the odds
    尽管有极大的困难
  • despite all that
    尽管如此

词语扩展

prep.
n.
轻视;憎恨;侮辱
adj.
despiteful有恶意的;故意为难的
  • in spite of/notwithstanding/despite
    • in spite of在这些词中语气最强,可与despite换用,口语或书面语中均可使用。
    • notwithstanding语气最弱,仅表示一种障碍的存在。
    • despite书面用词,指不受某事或某种原因的阻碍,语气轻于in spite of。
  • regardless of/in spite of/despite
    • regardless ofregardless of=without considering or take notice of(有意识的行为,notice: 无意识的行为)
    • in spite ofin spite of/despite+n=although+clause
    • despitedespite=in spite of, 因此despite不再与of连用

词义分布

尽管
93%
不管
3.5%
即使
3.3%
鄙视
0.1%
憎恨
0.1%
轻视
0.1%

英英释义

  • n.lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  • n.contemptuous disregard
  1. prep.
    used for introducing a fact that makes something surprising
    尽管;虽然
    • The barbecue was a success, despite the rain.
      虽说下了雨,烧烤活动还是很成功。

词源

  • despite尽管
    词源同despise,鄙视,-t, 过去分词后缀。用于引申义,尽管(鄙视),仍然。
  • despite尽管,不顾,不管
    词源解释见spite词条。 词根词缀: de-下降,向下 + spite←-spec-看
  • despite憎恨
    前缀de-表“向下”,如descend(降下)等;词根spit是词根spect的变体,表“看”;所以字面义为“低看”,看不起而心生憎恶。同根词如despicable(卑鄙的),词根spic=spect,也表“看”,-able为形容词后缀,如电影despicable me(卑鄙的我)。