despite

【发音】

美 /dɪ'spaɪt/ 英 /dɪ'spaɪt/

【翻译】

1. prep.尽管，虽然，任凭

   英释:used to say that something happens or is true even though something else might have prevented it

【短语】

1. despite of : 不管；不顾

2. in despite of : 尽管；不管

3. despite all that : 尽管如此

【例句】

1. Despite all our efforts to save the school, the authorities decided to close it.

   尽管我们竭力想保住这所学校，当局还是决定把它关闭。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households...

2. (2014.·12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...despite increasing demand for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science...

3. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Sometimes people cannot cry despite genuine grief...

4. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...despite the obstacles these children faced...

【同、近义词】

1. prep.尽管，不管

   in spite of/for all that/

2. n.轻视；憎恨；侮辱

   hate/hatred/contempt/

【同根词】

1. adj

   despiteful : 有恶意的；故意为难的