despise v. 輕視，鄙視， 藐視，看不起
We despise people who bully the poor. 我們鄙視欺負窮人的那些人。
She despises poor people. 她看不起窮人。
despite prep. 儘管，不管，任憑 （= in spite of)，despite 和 in spite of 意思相同，用法也基本相同。只是despite 稍微正式一點兒，此外despite all that “儘管如此” 的意思，是固定用法，後面要用逗號與句子主幹分開。 in spite of 沒有這種用法。如：
Despite all that, China is still helping other countries. 儘管如此，中國還是在幫助其他國家。（這裡不能用 in spite of)
despite 和 in spite of 後面都是接名詞，動名詞或代詞，構成介詞短語。*despite of是錯誤的，但 in despite of可以(= in spite of)。despite / in spite of 後面不能直接接從句，如果接that 引導的從句，前面要加the fact. 如：
Despite/in spite of the fact that he is a soldier, he has never been in war. 儘管他是一名戰士，他從沒參加過戰爭。
She still loved him despite/in spite of the fact that he treated her badly. 儘管他對她很不好，她還是愛著他。
We went to meet each other despite/in spite of the rain outside. 儘管外面下雨，我們還是去見面了。
He went to work despite/in spite of being very sick. 儘管他病得很重，他還是去上班了。
Despite/in spite of all his efforts, he failed in the game. 儘管他做了很多努力，他還是在比賽中失敗了。
Despite/in spite of all the difficulties, he still finished the work ahead of time. 儘管有很多困難，他還是提前完成了工作。
Despite oneself /in spite of oneself 是“不由自主”的意思。
She started to scream despite/in spite of herself. 她不由自主地開始尖叫。
He laughed despite/in spite of himself. 他不由自主地笑了。
Hearing the story, despite/in spite of myself, I started to miss my hometown. 聽著這個故事，我不由自主地開始想念家鄉。
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