单词 | despite |
释义 | de·spite I. 1. < the despite in which cunners are held is a convention — Yale Review > 2. < the whites mingle freely with these redskins, bearing them no such despite — Horace Kephart > 3. < to say that these habitually coincide is surely doing despite to our judgment — T.S.Omond > : harm < I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly — Sir Winston Churchill > < when, in despite of American opinion and interests, things go awry — D.W.Brogan > Synonyms: see malice II. transitive verb 1. archaic 2. obsolete intransitive verb obsolete III. < he managed to hold his position until retirement despite failing health > < privateers were fitted out in American ports despite official opposition — D.G.Munro > < generous despite their own economic troubles — Arthur Rucker > |
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