in spite of和despite的区别

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“in spite of” 和 “despite” 在语义上非常相似，都表示“尽管，虽然”，用于引出与主句形成对比或让步的信息，但在用法上有一些细微差别：

语法结构

“in spite of”：后面通常接名词、代词或动名词短语。例如：In spite of the heavy rain, we still went to the park.（尽管下着大雨，我们还是去了公园。）这里“the heavy rain”是名词短语；In spite of his tiredness, he kept working.（尽管他很疲惫，他还是继续工作。）“his tiredness”是带有形容词的名词短语；In spite of having a headache, she attended the meeting.（尽管头疼，她还是参加了会议。）“having a headache”则是动名词短语。

“despite”：同样后面接名词、代词或动名词短语，用法和“in spite of”基本相同。例如：Despite the cold weather, they went swimming.（尽管天气寒冷，他们还是去游泳了。）“the cold weather”为名词短语；Despite her fear, she faced the challenge bravely.（尽管她害怕，她还是勇敢地面对了挑战。）“her fear”是名词短语；Despite being busy, he helped me with my project.（尽管很忙，他还是帮我做项目。）“being busy”是动名词短语。不过，“despite” 后面还可以直接跟the fact that引导的从句，形成“despite the fact that...”结构，用来表达更复杂的情况。例如：Despite the fact that he was ill, he came to work on time.（尽管他生病了，他还是按时来上班了。）而“in spite of” 不能直接接 “the fact that...” 引导的从句，如果想用 “in spite of” 表达类似意思，需要去掉 “the fact that”，直接接从句内容。例如：In spite of his illness, he came to work on time.