spite

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASE You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. 盡琯
Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage. 國家歌劇院的約瑟夫?尅裡普斯雇傭了她，盡琯她從未在臺上縯唱過。
2. PHRASE If you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not really intend to or expect to. 不由自主地
The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself. 那率直的評論使得理查德不由自主地笑了起來。
3. N-UNCOUNT If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. 惡意
I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose. 我拒絕了她離婚的要求，我想是出於怨恨。
4. V-T If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. 存心傷害[only to-inf]
Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband. 潘特拉拉斯將他的藝術收藏品無償贈送了，存心惹怒瑪麗和她的丈夫。

In spite of unification, the country was still faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division .
In spite of the scale of the famine , the relief workers struggled on with dauntless optimism and commitment .
In spite of its election success , the government is still deeply distrusted on key health and education issues .
In spite of our best endeavours , it has proven impossible to contact her.
Jane's been unfaithful to Jim three times , but he still loves her in spite of everything.