despite

Bedeutung

Prep

In spite of, notwithstanding.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
2. Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
3. Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.

Verb

To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɪˈspaɪt/

Etymologie

The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”).
The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of).

Sätze

For years , despite the success of his songs , Vanzolini never recorded an album .

Trotz des Erfolgs seiner Songs hat Vanzolini jahrelang nie ein Album aufgenommen.

Despite this , the band continued with established session guitarist B . J . Cole replacing McCabe .

Trotzdem fuhr die Band mit dem etablierten Session -Gitarristen B. J. Cole fort und ersetzte McCabe.

Despite her renewed musical emphasis , Deckers' career failed to prosper .

Trotz ihres erneuten musikalischen Schwerpunkts konnte die Karriere von Deckers nicht gedeihen.