n.[U]
- 惡意；怨恨
- 侮辱；損害
prep.
- 不管，儘管，任憑He went to work despite his illness.
儘管生病，他還是去工作。
Despite advanced years, she is learning to drive.儘管年事已高，她還在學開車。
辨析
同義:
prep.任憑，不管
notwithstanding regardless of in spite of in defiance of in contempt of同義參見:
after regardless aside