prep.尽管；不管
n.憎恨；轻视
Despite old age, she is still learning to drive. 尽管年事已高,她还在学开车。
Despite all our efforts we still lost the game. 尽管我们尽了全力，我们还是输掉了比赛。
He came to the meeting despite his illness. 尽管生病，他还是来参加会议。
She managed despite everything to preserve her sense of humour. 她不管遇到什么情况都竭力保持着幽默感。
用作名词 (n.)She ignored all despites and carried on with her dreams. 她不在乎别人的轻视,继续追逐自己的梦想。
despite有时解释为“虽然有……”。 I shall try again despite the difficulty.虽然有困难，我会再试一次。
in despite of和despite of也表示“不管，尽管”，但是使用不普遍；
从语气上看，despite比in spite of要轻。
