詞彙精選：in spite of的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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雖然，儘管，不管，不顧

例句：

He was hell-bent on going in spite of the heavy rain.

儘管下着大雨，他還是堅持要出去。

例句：

Try to sleep in spite of the noise.

儘管有喧鬧聲也要設法睡着。

二、詞義辨析：

despite,in spite of,notwithstanding

這些前置詞或前置短語都含有“雖然，儘管”之意。despite書面用詞，指不受某事或某種原因的阻礙，語氣輕於in spite of。in spite of在這些詞中語氣最強，可與despite換用，口語或書面語中均可使用。notwithstanding語氣最弱，僅表示一種障礙的存在。

三、參考例句：

He went fishing in spite of rain.

儘管下着雨，他還是去釣魚了。

In spite of this, I slept heavily.

儘管如此，我睡得很熟。

I went shopping in spite of the rain.

儘管下雨，我還是出去買東西了。

They persevered in spite of all kinds of difficulties.

儘管有各種困難，他們還是堅持下去。

Some would spill in spite of the gang's threats.

儘管有暴力集團的威脅，一些人還是會把消息泄露出來。

They are both very cheerful in spite of their colds.

他們倆雖然感冒了，可都興高采烈的。

In spite of his vices, he was loved by all.

儘管他有缺點，還是受到大家的愛戴。

In spite of the recession, profits have galloped ahead.

儘管還處於蕭條期，利潤卻迅猛增長。

In spite of my outward calm I was very shaken.

我外表看似鎮定，實則嚇得不輕。

The balloonist cheated death in spite of the storm.

儘管風狂雨暴，乘氣球升空者倖免於難。