With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past.
首先，我意识到让人凌晨4点起床的噪音不是普通的无礼，而是精心制造的恶意：在过去的圣诞节里，我没有给拉乌尔小费。
In spite of the current world economic downturn, the transnational corporation is continuing with its investment plans in China.
尽管目前世界经济低迷，但这家跨国公司仍继续进行在中国的投资计划。
He was forced, in spite of his opposition, to drink with the rest.
不管他怎么反对，他还是被迫和别人一起喝酒。
Once you work out that you can connect with people in spite of differences, you become smarter and more confident.
一旦你发现你可以与人在差异中交流，你会变得更聪明、更自信。
In spite of this, however, women in many places are still denied the right to compete with men for jobs on equal terms and the right to equal opportunities for promotion.
尽管如此，在许多地方中国的妇女还是没有权利和男子在同等条件下竞争工作，没有平等的机会得到晋升。
With Hanna things felt good for weeks—in spite of our fights, in spite of the fact that she pushed me away again and again, and again and again I crawled to her.
跟汉娜在一起，感觉几个星期都很好——尽管我们吵架，尽管她一次又一次地把我拒之门外，我还是一次又一次地巴结她，讨好她。
It is possible to divorce without taking away spite and bile with your part of the shared assets, if both parties are willing to co-operate.
如果双方愿意协商，彼此没有怨恨和愤怒地离婚，均分资产后得到自己应得的那一份，这不是不可能。
Forty-five minutes later, Barry Woodhouse was there with his tow truck, as helpful and cheery as everyone in Australia in spite of the fact that we had dragged him away from the footie.
四十五分钟之后，巴莱.乌德豪斯就带着两辆拖车赶来了，他像我们遇到的所有澳大利亚人一样乐于助人，尽管我们把他从足球场上拉出来。
He didn't have any trouble with the broken curbstones in spite of his Scotch and waters.
尽管他喝了好几杯掺水的威士忌，却毫无困难地绕过了路边的那些绊脚石。
In spite of all this, loveseekers should still approach online dating with a healthy degree of scepticism.
尽管有如上诸多便利，寻爱者仍需对网上交友保持健康的怀疑态度。
Meanwhile, in spite of wrangling committees and money shortages, st Paul's rose, with Wren holding fast, as they had at Chartres, to Plato and geometry.
与此同时，尽管委员会之间争吵不休，资金匮乏，圣保罗还是矗立了起来，就像当初的沙特尔一般，雷恩依旧忠于柏拉图和几何对称。
Another important capacity for the poor is risk coping, i.e. dealing with shocks ex-post by reducing variability in consumption in spite of income fluctuations.
贫困者的另一项重要能力是风险应对，即尽管收入波动，通过减少消费变化，事后应对冲击。
In spite of water shortages and with just 7 percent of the arable land on earth, China has to feed a quarter of the world’s population.
尽管水资源匮乏，耕地面积只占世界的7%，但中国得养活全世界四分之一的人口。
These days, in spite of all those missteps, there is little sign that financiers are falling out of love with those models.
但尽管有种种行差踏错之处，现如今却几乎没有迹象显示，金融家正抛弃对这些模型的喜爱。
And, in spite of the cosmopolitan views on which he prided himself, he thanked heaven that he was a New Yorker, and about to ally himself with one of his own kind.
而且，尽管他自夸了解那些大都市人的观点，却谢天谢地自己是个纽约人，而且就要与他的一位同类联姻。
From a historical technical perspective, successful integration projects have delivered solutions in spite of, and perhaps with the assistance of, a diverse set of protocols and technologies.
从以往的技术观点来看，成功的集成项目的传输解决方案应该可以适应或者支持各种各样的协议和技术。
This equation was rediscovered a little later by Klein and Gordon and they published their work in spite of its disagreeing with observation.
这个方程在稍后被克莱因和戈登重新发现，即便不符合观测，他们还是把它发表了。
In spite of its small size, the product conforms with all the safety standards of a normal microwave oven, including protective walls and a door mechanism which kills the power when it opens.
这款产品虽体积小，但完全符合普通微波炉的安全标准。它带有保护壁，门上也有装置，当门打开时会自动断电。
Many people in similarly desperate circumstances give in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the guts to carry on in spite of overwhelming odds.
许多人在遭遇类似的绝境时会选择放弃或精神失常，但幸存下来的人，靠的是心中的信念，是信念给予了他们战胜一切恶劣情况的勇气和决心。
But, in spite of his outward show, the latter was almost convinced of the old man's knowledge, or, at least, his confident suspicion, with respect to his own interview with Hester Prynne.
他虽然表面上不动声色，但几乎确信，那老人已经知道了，或者至少暗中猜测到了他同海丝特·白兰已经会过面。
Once again, in spite of all that was going on, the State of the Union address, with its full agenda for the year ahead, had struck a responsive chord with the American people.
不管目前发生了什么，满载着对未来的目标，这次的国情咨文再一次引起了美国人民的共鸣。
In spite of what has just been said, there are still a considerable number of families unable to care for their elderly relatives with the proper care and attention required.
说是这么说，仍然有相当数量的家庭没能个老年人应有的照顾和关注。
The tough emotions won't evaporate. but with practice, you will learn to focus on the outcome you want in spite of them.
但是，通过实践，你会忽略这种情绪而开始关注讨论的结果。
Regardless of the outcome of the case with Apple, Android has clearly incurred costs for HTC, in spite of its free licensing.
不管Apple一案的结果怎样，Android明显已经提高了HTC的成本，虽然其许可是免费的。
In spite of his grief, Twain continued to amuse the American public with a seemingly inexhaustible store of wit and humor.
尽管他非常悲痛，马克·吐温仍以他那似乎永不枯竭的机智和幽默，使美国公众笑逐颜开。
In spite of his grief, Twain continued to amuse the American public with a seemingly inexhaustible store of wit and humor.
尽管他非常悲痛，马克·吐温仍以他那似乎永不枯竭的机智和幽默，使美国公众笑逐颜开。
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