despite

despite

英[dɪˈspaɪt]美[dɪˈspaɪt]

prep.尽管，虽然，不由自主；

英语六级真题

American parents, whether rich or poor, have similar expectations of their children despite different ways of parenting.

The report warnsthe picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.

Only 13 percent of respondents said that they were interested in buying a smartwatch in 2016, for example – an increase of just one percent from the previous year despite a year of high-profile launches.

On the flip side, there are many forced riders, who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.

It is worth promoting despite the risks involved.

Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutions—and two-year schools in particular.

Despite mournful polar bears and charts showing carbon emissions soaring, most people find it hard to believe that global warming will affect them personally.

Despite clear signs of global warming it is not easy for most people to believe climate change will affect their own lives.

A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation students, despite its overall graduation rate of 71 percent.

Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.

Our society does not— despite rhetoric(说辞) to the contrary—put much value on raising children.

That seems like common sense, despite the multiple influences on becoming parents

Despite the ease with which the rich can acquire almost anything they desire, they are just as likely to be unhappy as the middle classes.

Despite bottoming out in 1933, the Depression didn't end until World War II.

Despite this fact, many Americans are still strongly opposed to "big government.

Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent".

Despite unemployment and the lost of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman.

Despite arguments and disagreements, the movement has continued to flourish and has members in more than 80 countries.

American universities, despite their global reputation for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning.

Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.

Despite complications and concerns, the upsides of sharing can be significant.

Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome, and mostly confirm earlier studies.

Despite the turmoil, brick and mortar won't disappear any time soon.

Despite this problem, many students are still drawn to these institutions — and two-year schools in particular.

However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.

In the flip side, there are many "forced riders", who are suffering from the climate change impacts despite having scarcely contributed to the problem.

In the United States, up to forty percent of all food goes uneaten, despite the fact that one in seven American households lacks regular access to good food.

Only 13 percent of respondents said that they were interested in buying a smartwatch in 2016, for example – an increase of just one percent from the previous year despite a year of high-profile launches.

So, despite all the talk about drone deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a " huge antitrust problem, " the Census data suggest

The report warns the picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

PREP

尽管;虽然

You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.

例句

PREP

不由自主;情不自禁

If you do something despite yourself you do it although you did not really intend or expect to.

例句

英汉词典释义

prep.

不管, 尽管, 任凭

尽管（自己）不愿意 Alternate: despite yourself

不在乎，不顾；虽有，纵使

n.

侮辱，凌辱；损害；伤害；卑鄙的行为；不利

反对；反抗，抗争

英英词典释义

Noun

1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

2. contemptuous disregard;