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，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。

• despite相关词

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。

• despite使用方法
• despite详细辨析

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％。

• despite更多例句

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

• despite更多词组

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.

• despite剑桥字典
• despite柯林斯字典