notwithstanding
notwithstanding 英 [ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ] 美 [ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ]
adv. 尽管，仍然 prep. 尽管，虽然 conj. 虽然
- 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.
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- adv. 尽管，仍然
- prep. 尽管，虽然
- conj. 虽然
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1. He still went home, notwithstanding the midnight.
尽管已近午夜，他还是回家去了。
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2. notwithstanding, we should learn to readily forgive others.
尽管如此，我们应学会欣然地原谅他人。
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3. The religious leaders who counseled me, visited me at the White House, or called to pray with me reminded me that, notwithstanding the condemnations I had received from some quarters, God is love.
那些给过我建议、来白宫看望我或是打电话来要同我一起祷告的宗教领袖们提醒我说，尽管我遭到了许多方面的谴责，但上帝的心是仁爱的。
- notwithstanding (prep.) late 14c., notwiþstondynge, from not + present participle of the verb withstand. A loan-translation of Medieval Latin non obstante "being no hindrance," from ablative of obstans, present participle of obstare "stand opposite to" (see obstacle). As an adverb and as a conjunction from early 15c.
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