Despite my attempts to get him to call me by my Christian name, he insisted on addressing me as "Mr. Kennedy."

尽管我试图让他直接叫我的名，可他还是坚持称呼我为“肯尼迪先生”。

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Despite its cuddly name, the Beagle was a naval brig outfitted with 10 guns.

尽管它的名字很是逗人喜爱，但小猎犬号是一艘装备有10支枪的海军双桅横帆船。

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In this case, despite the name of the property, it need not and should not be unique.

在这种情况下，尽管该属性具有名称，但它不必也不应该是唯一的。

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Despite their name, they are not whales.

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Despite extensive training, few deaf athletes make a name for themselves outside of deaf sporting competition.

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Despite his name, Cartier was no jeweller: he had found worthless quartz crystals and fool's gold.

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They are poor swimmers and despite their name, they inhabit fresh water as well as estuaries.

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Despite its name, the dish looked more like a burrito than an egg roll, an only-in-America fusion approach.

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