Neil's colleagues said he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood in spite of the bad news.

尼尔的同事说, 尽管有这样的坏消息，他居然还有心情嬉笑、逗乐。

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In spite of his disappointment, he managed a weak smile.

尽管他很失望，他还是勉强露出一丝淡淡的微笑。

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In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment.

尽管遇到的是些令人尴尬的问题，部长却没有丝毫的失误。

《牛津词典》

We also say that sometimes a person cuts off his nose to spite his face.

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in spite of the fact that we take a variety of chemicals into our bodies in different ways and we have to do that to stay alive, but we have mechanisms to control this very well.

尽管事实是我们从不同途径,摄入各种化学物质以维持生存,但我们能够很好地控制它们在体内的总量

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But in spite of your best effort, you fail to lose a single kilogram.

但是即便你这么努力，你还是一斤肉都没减下来。

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And, you know, there's always been a sort of a spite for relationship, you might say.

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It could be a pure spite move against Android, but most likely Apple will incorporate the best aspects of Color into a new version of FaceTime soon.

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The consumer foods giant saw a strong start to fiscal 2013 last quarter with strong organic sales growth complemented by a recovery in gross margins in spite of a persistent rise in commodity costs.

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