"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

But despite the fact that it's modest, if everyone in the US would give according to that scale, it would yield 500 billion dollars.

尽管每个人的捐款不多，如果在美国，每个人都根据这个标准表捐款，那将会是5000亿美元。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Now, despite the fact that this is a very small piece of land, it boasts great geographical diversity.

尽管它只是狭小的一片土地，它因丰富多样的地理而自豪。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Despite the fact that many have been living in Lebanon for generations, they are still refugees, and as such are forced to live in squalid camps, are denied access to the state's social security, health-care or education systems, and can only work in menial jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

But despite the fact that the assortment is random, the division is random, cultures begin to emerge.

尽管这些分组是随机的，分队是随机的，但文化形成了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Some protestors carry signs comparing the Obama administration with Nazi Germany, and fringe elements still question whether the president is really a U.S.citizen, despite the fact that he has an official birth cirtificate on file with the state of Hawaii and birth announcements were printed shortly after he was born.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

So despite the fact that the claim we all die alone is one of these things that one hears, I think it's just nonsense.

所以虽然有说法不绝于耳,说我们都将孤独而死，我觉得这完全不值一提。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Despite the fact the world is green, covered with plants and trees, there is no one natural dye that makes green,a colorfast,permanent dark green."

VOA: special.2011.06.15

But Milton's calling -- this is what John Milton knew his calling was to be a famous English poet, a famous English poet writing in English: a calling that he holds despite the fact that he appears to have written next to nothing in English verse.

但弥尔顿知道上帝对他的召唤,是成为一个有名的英语诗人，一个用英语写作的英语诗人：,他必须服从这个召唤,尽管他看上去不会写任何英语诗歌。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Shah says that despite the fact officials had anticipated acts of retaliation, the latest violence was surprising.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

And I mentioned three reason why we want to shift this pendulum despite the fact that there are rising levels of depression around the world, on college campuses in United States,China,Australia,UK.

我提过三个原因,关于为什么要改变这个比率,尽管世界上越来越多人抑郁，遍布美国，中国，澳大利亚，英国所有大学。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

If history is any indication 72% of the people ; in the theater have no prior programming experience; despite what you may think and despite the fact that some of you may very well be thinking, odds are I know the least about computers than anyone in here, I'm actually a little scared of my computer.

以往的经验表明,大讲堂里72％的人没有任何编程经验;,不管你们怎么想,有些人可能现在就在考虑了，奇怪的是比起在座的各位，我最不了解计算机，我甚至有点怕我的电脑。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But which I think despite the fact that there may be points of contact between the spiritual aspects of making art and clearly religion, I think it's a rather unnecessary demand to make of a piece of art.

不过我认为，虽然,艺术创作的精神层面和宗教,很明显有一些共同之处，但并没有必要,对艺术作和宗教一样的要求。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

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

Now, in the posing the question that way, I've been assuming that these are things you'd do despite the fact that they run the risk of death.

现在，以这种方式提出了这个问题，我已经假设了存在尽管带有死亡的风险,但你仍会去做的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You might say,the only way to explain the behavior is to say that at some level, he really does believe his hands are dirty, despite the fact that he says they're not.

唯一的解释也许就是，在某种程度上，他确实还是相信自己的手脏的，尽管他说它们不脏。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Similarly, then, according to the physicalist, talk of the mind, despite the fact that we have a noun there, is just a way of talking about the abilities of the body to do various things.

相似地,物理主义观点认为,心灵,即便这个名词的确存在,只是我们表达,肉体各种行为能力的一种方式

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Despite that fact,I argue that we need to shift the pendulum and do more "positive research",or in other words, research that focuses on what works.

尽管如此，我还是认为我们该改变那比率,做更多“积极研究“，或者说，集中研究可行的事。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选