英汉词典

1. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

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    e.g. The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself...
           这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。
    e.g. She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.
           她被深深地打动了，禁不住为之动容。

3. 恶意;怨恨
    If you do something cruel out of spite, you do it because you want to hurt or upset someone.

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    e.g. I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose...
           我拒绝和她离婚，就是为了出口恶气。
    e.g. Never had she met such spite and pettiness.
           她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。

4. (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.

    e.g. Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband.
           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。

5. to cut off your nose to spite your face -> see nose