Their catering business remained strong despite the recession.

尽管出现经济衰退，他们的酒席承办业仍然景气。

《牛津词典》

He had to laugh despite himself.

他不想笑，但还是忍不住笑了出来。

《牛津词典》

Despite strong principles he was never censorious.

他原则性很强，但从不爱挑剔。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

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

We've had these kinds of dour, funk-despite-the-facts periods before, including in the early 1990s.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Son, Sawada and Nambu have all profited by - or perhaps despite - bucking the system.

CNN: LEADERS FOR THE MILLENNIUM

But everyone brought something different to the final, despite - or perhaps because of - their widely diverse backgrounds, sounds, and themes.

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