Despite his Catholic background, Kennedy also became a strong advocate of abortion rights and later, a supporter of same-sex marriage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

I would be--every 5 minutes that person will die, we will have a new person, despite having the same personality.

我会--，每过5分钟,那个人就会死一次，新的一个人又产生了，只不过他拥有同样的人格。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Does Locke have a way out of this or is he basically sanctioning an all-powerful government, despite everything he says about unalienable rights?

洛克对此能自圆其说吗,还是说他其实是支持万能政府的呢，尽管他说了那么多什么不可剥夺的权利？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

American Nick Symmonds won his 800-m semifinal heat, despite having three runners in front of him trip and fall down.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The Torah laws-- And also, the laws in those collections very often, despite the prologues' rhetoric that they bring justice to the disadvantaged and so on, many of the laws clearly serve the interests of an upper class. Okay, that's the more important point.

尽管《律法》，和那些材料中的法律，在序言中花言巧语，声称自己为弱势群体,带来正义等等，但很明显很多法律都是为上层阶级的,利益服务，记住，这是一个更重要的观点。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Three years ago efforts to overhaul immigration failed, despite massive protest rallies across the country by immigrant-rights groups.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Still, I take it--I gather--here's what I'm told-- that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics says that, despite what many of us might've otherwise believed, the fundamental laws of physics are not, in fact, deterministic.

别人告诉了我这么一个例子,量子力学的正统理论认为,尽管有很多人可能不相信,物理学的基本定律事实上也不是确定性的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Despite billions being spent on aviation security since 911, security was breached on Christmas Day as the trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam approached Detroit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Despite all of the--Mitterrand's plans for decentralization, and the creation of regional councils, basically France remains the most centralized state in Western Europe, and the role of Paris in French life does not have an equivalent in other European countries.

尽管密特朗计划在法国实施,去中央集权化并创立地方议会,法国基本上还是西欧,中央集权化程度最高的国家,巴黎在法国的地位是欧洲其它国家的城市,所不能比拟的

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

U.S.officials say Iran's uranium enrichment program is weapons-related, despite Tehran's expression of peaceful intent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

And the commune, despite the fact that there's lots of-- you could hear in the distance the guns sometimes getting closer and closer, and attempts to break out fail miserably, they pass all sorts of impressive social legislation.

在公社里,尽管有很多...,公社不远处不时能听到枪声,不断逼近,而突围的尝试又屡次惨败,他们还通过了各式法律法规

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country still remains loyal to the United States, despite the decision to scrap plans to build the anti-missile system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

He says the strike began in response to a new 70-percent tax on merchants by the government, and the strike has continued despite major government concessions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

MDC supporters and activists are arrested on minor charges, while not a single ZANU-PF supporter has been arrested, despite the 150 murders of MDC supporters last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Despite those profits, two-thirds of Angolans live on less than $2.00 a day.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Despite that disadvantage, the United States won and maintained a 53-game winning streak at home against regional opponents that started in 2001, when they lost to Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Despite their diverse backgrounds, protesters - many dressed in green to show solidarity with Iran's opposition movement voiced a common theme of solidarity with the people of Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made clear that despite an intensifying insurgency and uncertainty over whether U.S.President Barack Obama will send more troops, NATO will remain in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

New Delhi views its growing ties with the United States as a counterweight to China a one-time rival of which it continues to be wary, despite steadily improving ties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Kvit adds that most contemporary Ukrainian politicians are heavily influenced by Soviet-style thinking, but even they understand the reality of free speech in Ukraine, which remains despite changes in government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

The title for the Black Satellites is the first for an African team at the Under-20 level, despite the dominance of African nations in the youth categories over the last decades.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Despite what he calls overblown fears of a double-dip recession, Cardillo predicts the U.S.economy will grow between two and a half to three percent for the second half of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Economists say imparting quality education is critical for a country where one third of the billion-plus people are under 15 and where, despite a booming economy, many people are still poor.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

But here in Warsaw, people were waiting for only one thing -an assurance that despite scrapping Bush-era plans for an antiballistic missile shield, the U.S.had not turned its back on Central Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The Iranian government arrested hundreds of student activists, journalists,intellectuals, political leaders and professors during weeks of unrest following a disputed June 12 presidential election that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmedinejad claims to have won, despite complaints of widespread vote-rigging.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

In an audio tape released last week, the spiritual leader of radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, himself from Somaliland, ridiculed the breakaway region's continued attempt at democracy and independent statehood, saying that despite its nearly two-decade quest the region remains isolated and politically divided.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Despite disagreements over the scope of further fiscal-stimulus programs with some of his European colleagues, Mr.Brown said great progress has been made through joint action during the past few months and he said the G20 summit must build on that progress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

The most recent threat nearly got away. The 30-year-old Pakistani American was on board this flight, bound for Dubai when pilots heard this from Air Traffic Control: Federal agents stopped the flight and removed Shahzad, who managed to board the airplane despite being placed on a "no-fly" list hours before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"In terms of foreign policy where Iran comes in, all three parties are following the same interventionist policies which gave us the Iraq war, the wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world and I think on that even the Liberal Democrats - despite being perceived as softer - they're following the same underlying policies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30