Despite
[ dɪ'spaɪt ]
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prep. 不管;尽管（自己）不愿意;不在乎;虽有;
n. 侮辱;憎恨;怨恨;轻蔑的拒绝或不承认;
💡 词根助记
de(down)+spi(see)+te(名词后缀)→侮辱；轻蔑；不顾；纵使
📝 例句
He went to work despite his illness.
尽管生病,他还是去工作。
He remains modest despite his achievements.
他尽管有成绩仍然很谦虚。
All the people on the ship were in safety despite the storm.
虽然遇到风暴, 船上所有的人都安然无恙。
Despite the heat, he wore a dark business suit complete with vest.
尽管天气闷热，他还是穿了一套深色的普通衣服，并配上一件背心。
🌱 联想助记
【串】牛棚中的“反动学术权威”是反动parasite(寄生虫),在此肮脏site(地点),居然能够despite(不管),也不见有spite(怨恨),只是把书write(写),模样认真quite(相当)
【记】※ de-拼音“得”,spite-怨言:不管怎么道歉,还是得到怨言
※ despite-尽管,despise-轻视:尽管我很富有,但决不轻视别人
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-spect-表示“看”
常见的变体有-spic-、-spit-
📖 牛津释义
despite
prep
without being affected by (the factors mentioned) 尽管; 不管; 不顾
They had a wonderful holiday, despite the bad weather. 尽管天气不好, 他们的假日还是过得极为愉快.
Despite wanting to see him again, she refused to reply to his letters. 她尽管很想再见到他, 但却不愿给他回信.
Despite what others say, I think he's a very nice chap. 不管别人怎麽说, 我仍认为他这个人很好. Cf 参看 in spite of (spite).
🎯 考研助记
的士排他（谐音）：的士拒载， 不管 不顾 de(向下)+spit(口水)+e-对他向下吐口水即 蔑视
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'spait]n. 轻视, 憎恨prep. 虽然, 尽管【经】 无视于相关词组: despite the fact that...
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I'm afraid all these offices are non-smoking offices.
恐怕这些办公室都是禁烟办公室。
I'm afraid I can't do that right now. the manager isn't here.
恐怕我现在不能退钱给你。经理不在这里。
I'm afraid I'm still not very good at it, though.
不过，恐怕我的汉语还是不够好。