Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage.

尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过，国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。

Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.

尽管面临众多的艰难困苦，他们还是几乎义无反顾地表现出了对生活的热爱。

The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.

这番率直的话让理查德不由自主地大笑起来。

She was deeply moved and in spite of herself could not help showing it.

她被深深地打动了，禁不住为之动容。

I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose.

我拒绝和她离婚，就是为了出口恶气。

Never had she met such spite and pettiness.

她从未见过这样的怨恨和偏狭。

Pantelaras was giving his art collection away for nothing, to spite Marie and her husband. [VERB noun]

潘特拉拉斯将自己的艺术藏品全都无偿捐了出去，存心要激怒玛丽和她的丈夫。