Despite the well-founded scepticism, there are reasons why Thursday matters.

尽管有充分的理由怀疑，但是周四的重要性还是有它的因素的。

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Despite failing to win a trophy since 2005, it is well-positioned for the future.

尽管自2005年以来未能赢得一个奖杯，它也能为未来做好了准备。

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Others fall apart under pressure, while a few people do well despite the pressure.

基他人在压力下崩溃了，而一些人尽管有压力却做得很好。

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The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is not optimistic about his son's release, despite a videotape published on Friday showing for the first time that he is alive and well.

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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“

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Well, what it is is easily enough explained despite the sort of difficulty and thorniness of the word.

虽然我们遇到过很多困难和挫折,但这个问题很容易解答。

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Investors in the survey continued to put money into funds of funds despite the well-known disadvantages to such investments--specifically, the higher costs that eat into performance.

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Sadly, despite the well-stocked roadmap, there aren't any indications that the company is looking to expand outside of its Asian and European roots to include a North American presence -- but it's not any more shunning than we're accustomed to 'round these parts.

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On the whole this unorthodox design works well despite the fact that Coward's wit, so fizzy on stage, often seems heavy-footed and affected on the page.

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