新概念英语第三册 Lesson32 A lost ship
课文第二段，第一句话 Despite the message, the captain of the Elkor decided to try once more. 尽管船长接了电报，他还是决定再试一试。
句中 despite 作介词后接名词，名词短语，动名词doing,being,或接what引导的句中，但切忌，不可以直接引导句子，这一点很多考生总是傻傻分不清。以下是其用法详解。
despite 是一个介词，核心点是不可以当作连词使用，比如
although 就是一个连词必须用于引导一个让步状语从句。
though 也是连词，尽管有时它可以用作副词使用，但意思是“可是”，而非尽管。
despite prep. 即使，尽管,used to show that sth happened or that sth is true although sth else might have happened to prevent it
Her hands were shaking despite all her efforts to control them. 尽管她竭尽全力控制自己，她的双手仍然在颤抖。
Despite applying for jobs for many times, he is still out of work. 尽管他申请了好多次工作，但仍然在失业中。
She was quite good at philosophy despite the fact that she found it boring. 尽管她认为哲学枯燥无味，她却学得相当好。
Despite all our efforts,we still lost the game.尽管我们尽了所有的努力，我们还是输掉了比赛。
Despite the difficulties before her she threw herself into the research in order to stop the COVID-19. 尽管面前困难重重,为了阻断新冠肺炎她还是全身心投入了调查研究。
相关短语拓展
in spite of 不管；不顾 in spite of= in despite of
in despite of 尽管；不管 in despite of =in spite of
despite all that 尽管如此
Despite all that（COVID-19）, tourism in China is still making modest progress. 尽管如此，旅游业依然有适度的发展。
Despite all that, Wang Duan is convinced that things will become better， and that women's football in China is on the right path. 即使如此，王端确信情况会变得更好，中国女足正在成长。
We are glad that they survived in spite of suffering lots of injuries. 尽管受了不少伤，他们仍然活下来了。
In spite of her unwillingness at first, the girl was attracted to him. 尽管起初她不十分乐意，姑娘还是被他吸引住了。
We went on working on the farm in despite of the heavy rain. 尽管下大雨我们依然在农场里干活。
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