despite

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。

• despite相关词

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。

• despite使用方法
• despite详细辨析

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％。

• despite更多例句

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

• despite更多词组

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.

• despite剑桥字典
• despite柯林斯字典