1 PREP-PHRASE 尽管;不顾;虽然 You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising. 尽管;不顾;虽然
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Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过,国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
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Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.
尽管面临众多的艰难困苦,他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。
2 PREP-PHRASE 不由自主地;不禁 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;不禁
3 N-UNCOUNT 恶意;怨恨 If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone. 恶意;怨恨
SYN malice, malevolence, ill will, hate
4 VERB [only to-inf] (故意做坏事来)伤害,激怒 If you do something cruel to spite someone, you do it in order to hurt or upset them. (故意做坏事来)伤害,激怒
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Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband. [VERB noun]
潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去,存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。
SYN annoy, hurt, injure, harm
5 to cut off your nose to spite your face→see: nose
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