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 what others say, I think this film is very good.不管别人怎么说,我仍认为这部电影很好看。
词语辨异
♣ despite, after, for, notwithstanding, with 参见notwithstanding条。 ♣ despite, in spite of despite和in spite of是两个可以互换使用的介词和介词短语,均表示“不管,不顾”。despite比in spite of简单、语气轻,也更文雅一些,但后者比前者用得更普遍,常用于"in spite of everything"中。