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notwithstanding adv.虽然；尽管prep.纵使conj.虽然 (1) 他虽被命令不许去，但还是去了。(2) 尽管我的小姑娘很淘气，我还是很爱她。(3) 尽管天气很糟，比赛还是照常进行。(4) 尽管已近午夜，他还是回家去了。(5) 很多人都劝我不要尝试,我还是决意去做了。 You don't have to look too closely at the word to be able to break it into three parts: not- + withstand (to successfully oppose or resist) + the participial ending -ing. In the most literal sense, notwithstanding actually means to successfully oppose or resist. Top-of-the-line wet-traction tires notwithstanding, the car still got stuck in the mud. Notwithstanding works just as well in a more figurative context. His reputation for charm and tact notwithstanding, he offended everyone in the room.

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英 [ˌnɒtwɪθ'stændɪŋ] 美 [ˌnɑːtwɪθ'stændɪŋ] (1) He went, notwithstanding he was ordered to stay.(2) Notwithstanding her naughtiness, I love my little girl.(3) Notwithstanding the bad weather, the match went on.(4) He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight.(5) Many people told me not to try, but I went ahead notwithstanding. Notwithstanding means "in spite of something." Your boasts about having memorized the entire textbook and bribing the teacher with apples notwithstanding, you still managed to fail the final exam with flying colors. 1[PREP 介词]尽管 If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing.   [n ADV]  [FORMAL 正式]He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.尽管他和威廉·皮特看法相似，却瞧不起他。Notwithstanding is also an adverb.His relations with colleagues, differences of opinion notwithstanding, were unfailingly friendly.尽管有意见分歧，他和同事们一直关系融洽。

英语单词	notwithstanding
英美音标	英 [ˌnɒtwɪθ'stændɪŋ] 美 [ˌnɑːtwɪθ'stændɪŋ]
中文释义	adv.虽然；尽管 prep.纵使 conj.虽然
英语例句	(1) He went, notwithstanding he was ordered to stay. (2) Notwithstanding her naughtiness, I love my little girl. (3) Notwithstanding the bad weather, the match went on. (4) He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight. (5) Many people told me not to try, but I went ahead notwithstanding.
中文例句	(1) 他虽被命令不许去，但还是去了。 (2) 尽管我的小姑娘很淘气，我还是很爱她。 (3) 尽管天气很糟，比赛还是照常进行。 (4) 尽管已近午夜，他还是回家去了。 (5) 很多人都劝我不要尝试,我还是决意去做了。
vocabulary简明	Notwithstanding means "in spite of something." Your boasts about having memorized the entire textbook and bribing the teacher with apples notwithstanding, you still managed to fail the final exam with flying colors.
vocabulary扩展	You don't have to look too closely at the word to be able to break it into three parts: not- + withstand (to successfully oppose or resist) + the participial ending -ing. In the most literal sense, notwithstanding actually means to successfully oppose or resist. Top-of-the-line wet-traction tires notwithstanding, the car still got stuck in the mud. Notwithstanding works just as well in a more figurative context. His reputation for charm and tact notwithstanding, he offended everyone in the room.
柯林斯解释	1 [PREP 介词]尽管 If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing. [n ADV] [FORMAL 正式] He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held. 尽管他和威廉·皮特看法相似，却瞧不起他。 Notwithstanding is also an adverb. His relations with colleagues, differences of opinion notwithstanding, were unfailingly friendly. 尽管有意见分歧，他和同事们一直关系融洽。

Notwithstanding I Means Spite Successfully Oppose True 英