中英互译
despite
英 /dɪˈspaɪt/美 /dɪˈspaɪt/
基本释义
- 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
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。
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。
<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。
<古>轻蔑,鄙视un.
The entertainment industry only earns my despite.
我只会对娱乐圈嗤之以鼻。
- 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》
- 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》
- 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 oneself不由自主;不禁
- despite the fact that尽管……
- despite of不管;不顾
- in despite of尽管;不管
- despite all that尽管如此
- 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.
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
- 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)。