单词 | in spite of |
释义 | > as lemmasin spite of a. phr. in spite of: in defiance (†scorn or contempt) of; in the face of; notwithstanding. (Cf. despite n. 5.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > in spite of maugre?c1335 maugre of (also to, with)c1400 amaugrec1449 non-obstantc1460 nongainstandingc1485 spite of1509 in spite ofc1540 malgrado1590 despite ofa1593 despite1602 in the spite of1632 non obstante1632 malgré1770 in despite1868 α. β. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. B This worthy bird, hath taught my weary Muze, To sing a song, in spight of their despight.1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 129 b The wife in spight of the husband, gave halfe the meate..to a poore bodie.1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 89 In spight of Fate they'll giue their Foe the worse.1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 165 The Water will, in spight of the Form, continue far lesse cold, then..its nature requires.1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane Prol. In spight of Time, the Sacred Story lives.1762 Gentleman's Mag. 32 217/2 The benefits of innoculation have established the practice in spight of all opposition.1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. i. i. 16 In spight of their efforts.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1968 But for noy of my nobilte & my nome gret, I shuld..spede the to spille in spite of þi kynge. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Blacke Smyth lx He dyed, Clad in his cote armor paynted all in paper, Al torne and reversed in spyte of his behaver. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 113 In spite both of him and his Legate, they kept company with them that were excommunitate. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 232 They..said, that the Scripture must be beleeved, in spite of all Cosmographers and Philosophers. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 36 He told us that the arrows would fight together in spite of us. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋1 The Heart of Man deceives him in spite of the Lectures of half a Life. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 266 They grow poor, in spite of all possible industry. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 125 The tears, in spite of her, forced their way between her fingers. c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 15 The English are attacked treacherously in spite of solemn compacts. 1881 L. B. Walford Dick Netherby xxi I'll go on my own way in spite of you all. < as lemmas |
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