【bees123】評論
In spite of 和 despite 為同義介系詞,意為「儘管;雖然」,是在表示兩個事物之間的對比。必須注意的是,in spite of 是三個字且一定要有 of,而 despite 後面不可有 of。We went swimming in spite of rain. (儘管下雨,我們還是去游泳了)in spite of 和 despite 後面通常接名詞 (片語),但亦可接動名詞。例如:In spite of the fact that I was very tired, I stayed awake. (儘管非常疲倦,我仍保持清醒)In spite of 和 despite 皆可接 oneself 來表示「不由自主地,忍不住地」的意思。例如:Mary started to scream, almost in spite of herself. (瑪麗幾乎不由自主地尖叫起來)