Despite的用法：详解介词despite的用法及与although的区别

什么是despite

Despite是一个介词，意为‘尽管、虽然’。它经常用来表达两种相反的情况之间的关系，即尽管出现了某种情况，但是另一种情况仍旧存在。它在句子中的作用是引导一个状语从句。

使用despite的注意事项

使用despite时需要注意以下几点：

• despite后面要接名词或动名词
• 它的位置很灵活，可以放在句子的开头、中间或末尾
• despite后面的从句要使用虚拟语气

despite的用法举例

以下是一些使用despite的例句：

• Despite the bad weather, we still went hiking.
• We still went hiking, despite the bad weather.
• Despite his busy schedule, he always finds time to exercise.
• He always finds time to exercise, despite his busy schedule.
• Despite the fact that he was tired, he stayed up late to finish the project.
• He stayed up late to finish the project, despite the fact that he was tired.

despite与although的区别

虽然despite和although都可以表示‘尽管、虽然’的意思，但它们的使用方式有所不同：

• despite后面一般接名词或动名词，而although后面接从句
• despite常常放在句子的前面或中间，although则通常放在句子的开头
• despite引导的从句要使用虚拟语气，although引导的从句则不用