Just last week, Ankara announced it is determined to develop an industrial zone in Palestinian territories despite opposition from Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

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

Yet at the same time, you probably thought "Oh, yeah, well, I did come out pretty much in the place I expected to come out in despite the roundabout way of having gotten there."

但同时，你可能会想“哦，也是，尽管比较曲折,但是我也比预想的收获了更多“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Despite a string of attacks early Sunday,mainly in Baghdad, insurgents were not able to carry out the massive strikes they had threatened.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Now, since we're being nerdy in this class, despite our attempts to go dating, we're being nerdy, let's actually be a little bit careful.

现在的内容的确有点枯燥,尽管我们有对约会的美好追求,但我们还是严谨一点好啊

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Despite the rain,crowds gathered at the Bornholm Bridge, the first checkpoint in the Berlin Wall to open the night of November 9,1989.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

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

Talks between the two sides have reached an impasse in recent months, despite Washington's efforts to revive them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

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

A security analyst in Lagos,Patrick Keku, says the government has not paid enough attention to security issues, despite the country's numerous crises.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

And if you haven't yourself dived into your own problem set zero, whose PDFs are available online, realize that if something like this, given that it's a minute or so long, kind of looks you know, despite the cutesiness of it, kind of overwhelming in that you don't really know where to begin, how could you possibly sketch out this whole story line.

如果你还没有真正沉下心来,看习题集0，网上可以提供这些PDF文件，好好地感受一下像这样的东西，假定只有一分钟左右这么长,先不管它外表看起来是否可爱,也不管它让人无从下手的压迫感,你怎样才能勾勒出,整个故事最初的框架呢？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Despite following earlier declines in Asia and Europe, the Dow Jones Industrial index managed to trim losses to close above 10,000 points late Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

He explains that despite their differences the plane crash in Russia is "a great loss for the nation, which will be difficult to overcome."

VOA: standard.2010.04.10

Despite its poverty relative to the European Union, Cape Verde has developed significantly in recent decades.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

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

Despite swirling changes in jazz over the decades, Blue Note has managed to stay afloat with distinguished players, from its earliest years with stride pianist James P.Johnson;

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

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

But veteran AU observer Kenneth Mpyisi of the Institute of Strategic Studies says despite the appearance, the majority of members remain committed, at least in principle, to democratic values.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The credibility of our security guarantees to allies and to partners especially in the Middle East and East Asia depends on our ability to project power despite these threats."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Despite a generally upward trend in recent months on Wall Street, President Obama, administration officials, and economists continue to caution that employment will lag behind other indicators of economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

"Especially for us as Africans, despite all these accusations, let us celebrate his success and forget about other accusations which in most cases were found to be not necessarily true,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

"Peter is in good health despite many months of captivity, he's undergoing full medical checks and he is going to be reunited with his family as soon as possible back in the U.K.,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

However,despite their successes, the Pakistani security forces had failed to kill or capture top Taliban leaders in the region until the announcement of spokesman Muslim Khan's arrest along with four other commanders on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The Pacific Dawn has been blamed for the recent increase in swine flu infections in Australia after health officials allowed hundreds of passengers to go home at the end of a previous cruise, despite a suspected outbreak onboard.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

U.S.Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher expressed confidence that despite deep partisan divisions in Congress, the Senate would pass the successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, although she gave no timeframe.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Congressman Berman and at least 330 lawmakers supporting the bill, which expands the scope of sanctions to oil pipelines and tankers, say that despite some signs of progress in negotiations with Iran, Congress must step up pressure on Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The Indian unit of General Motors has also announced that it will go ahead with plans to invest more than $200 million to start its first car transmission and engine factory despite the financial problems faced by its parent company in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Despite U.S.demands for Israel to stop or restrain construction of Jewish housing in disputed East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, during the Biden visit Israeli officials announced their approval of construction of 1,600 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Despite signs of a gradually improving economy, job growth continues to lag in the U.S.Unemployment remains high at 10 percent after the economy shed another U.S.Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue says the reason is obvious: uncertainty is causing large and small businesses to think twice before hiring new workers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

At talks Tuesday with Mr.Medvedev, Clinton failed to secure support for tougher sanctions on Iran, despite U.S.President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile shield in central Europe a concession to Russian concerns that Washington had hoped would encourage Moscow to back its position on Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14