查词 - despite

despite

dɪˈspaɪt prep

1 used to say that something happens or is true even though something else might have prevented it 尽管，虽然，任凭;

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。

despite the fact (that)

She went to Spain despite the fact that her doctor had told her to rest.

尽管医生告诉她应该休息，她还是去了西班牙。

2

despite yourself

if you do something despite yourself, you do it although you did not intend to 尽管并非某人的本意

Liz realized that, despite herself, she cared about Edward.

莉兹发现自己在乎爱德华，不能自制。