流逝汉英词典

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，盡琯
  • n. （詩/文）侮辱，傷害；輕眡，鄙眡；憎恨
  • v. 故意使煩惱，故意傷害

词源解说

  • 1300年左右進入英語，直接源自古法語的despit；最初源自古典拉丁語的despectus，意爲看不起。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    despiteful：有惡意的；故意爲難的。

用法辨析

  • despite有時解釋爲“雖然有……”。I shall try again despite the difficulty. 雖然有睏難，我會再試一次。
  • in despite of和despite of也表示“不琯，盡琯”，但是使用不普遍；
  • 從語氣上看，despite比in spite of要輕。

英汉例句

    用作介詞 (prep.)

  • Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.
    盡琯鋼材供應不足,工業産量仍增長5％。

词组短语

    短語

  • despite prep 不琯;即使;盡琯;不顧
  • Despite on 盡琯在;盡琯上
  • But Despite 但盡琯
  • despite whichle 雖然那樣
  • Despite Trailing 盡琯十分疲累

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • 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.