橘子朗文词典

despite

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [dɪ'spaɪtdɪˈspaɪt]
  • 美式音标 [dɪˈspaɪt]
  • 国际音标 [di'spait]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • prep. 即使，尽管
  • n. （诗/文）侮辱，伤害；轻视，鄙视；憎恨
  • v. 故意使烦恼，故意伤害

词源解说

  • 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的despit；最初源自古典拉丁语的despectus，意为看不起。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    despiteful：有恶意的；故意为难的。

用法辨析

  • despite有时解释为“虽然有……”。I shall try again despite the difficulty. 虽然有困难，我会再试一次。
  • in despite of和despite of也表示“不管，尽管”，但是使用不普遍；
  • 从语气上看，despite比in spite of要轻。

英汉例句

    用作介词 (prep.)

  • Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.
    尽管钢材供应不足,工业产量仍增长5％。

词组短语

    短语

  • despite prep 不管;即使;尽管;不顾
  • Despite on 尽管在;尽管上
  • But Despite 但尽管
  • despite whichle 虽然那样
  • Despite Trailing 尽管十分疲累

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.
  • You use despite to introduce an idea that appears to contradict your main statement, without suggesting that this idea is true or that you believe it.