Despite a doubling of its gross domestic product in the past five years, Sri Lanka still requires foreign aid and loans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But despite this enormous concession and this realization, Satan is still justified, I think, in his cynical demystification of God's behavior before the defeat of the rebel angels.

尽管后来做出了如此重大的妥协和转变，但我认为撒旦在叛乱天使战败前对上帝行为,冷嘲热讽的行为还是有其道理的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In Judges 1:8 and 21, we read that the people of Judah did this and that despite that victory they failed to actually drive out the inhabitants, the Jebusites, who lived there.

士师记》第1章8和21节，我们知道犹大人这样做,它描述了这一胜利,他们实际上并没有将那些居民驱逐出去，耶布斯人，他们住在那里。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Much has changed in Iraq in the last two years. Despite a series of recent attacks, violence has dropped sharply.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

He's interested in the way in which a reader can come to terms with a meaning conveyed by a text, and that much, as I say, despite the profoundly different nature of their projects, Wimsatt and Gadamer have in common.

他只关注读者如何明白,文章的意思，而这也就是，我所说的，文萨特和葛达玛的共同之处，即是他俩在某些领域有本质上的差别。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

American Nick Symmonds won his 800-m semifinal heat, despite having three runners in front of him trip and fall down.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

And I mentioned three reason why we want to shift this pendulum despite the fact that there are rising levels of depression around the world, on college campuses in United States,China,Australia,UK.

我提过三个原因,关于为什么要改变这个比率,尽管世界上越来越多人抑郁，遍布美国，中国，澳大利亚，英国所有大学。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Despite a string of attacks early Sunday,mainly in Baghdad, insurgents were not able to carry out the massive strikes they had threatened.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

If history is any indication 72% of the people ; in the theater have no prior programming experience; despite what you may think and despite the fact that some of you may very well be thinking, odds are I know the least about computers than anyone in here, I'm actually a little scared of my computer.

以往的经验表明,大讲堂里72％的人没有任何编程经验;,不管你们怎么想,有些人可能现在就在考虑了，奇怪的是比起在座的各位，我最不了解计算机，我甚至有点怕我的电脑。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Despite continuing challenges in Afghanistan, the NATO leader said the ongoing mission is indicative of NATO's continued relevance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Still, I take it--I gather--here's what I'm told-- that the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics says that, despite what many of us might've otherwise believed, the fundamental laws of physics are not, in fact, deterministic.

别人告诉了我这么一个例子,量子力学的正统理论认为,尽管有很多人可能不相信,物理学的基本定律事实上也不是确定性的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Israel has approved construction of 900 new units in mostly Arab east Jerusalem despite objections by the United States and the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Despite the military's superiority in numbers, former security chief of the tribal regions,Mahmood Shah, tells VOA it will not be an easy battle.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

But Ethiopia's mines and energy minister was quoted this week as saying no petroleum reserves had been found in the country despite years of search.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"Despite remarkable economic growth in scores of countries over the past 20 years, shocking disparities are also growing, with the poorest children left further behind,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Despite some of the most challenging economic conditions in decades, American consumer confidence jumped unexpectedly this month, a sign that widespread pessimism might be dissipating.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Despite a massive deployment of armed forces and federal police in drug trafficking zones, some 4,000 people have been killed in Juarez during the past two years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Despite Pakistan's public objections, the United States has sharply increased the number of drone strikes in the last year, with more than 40 since the beginning of 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

But veteran AU observer Kenneth Mpyisi of the Institute of Strategic Studies says despite the appearance, the majority of members remain committed, at least in principle, to democratic values.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"So despite all of what is going on in the world the global financial crisis instead of investors pulling back, investors are continuing to come to us here in Liberia,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Kvit adds that most contemporary Ukrainian politicians are heavily influenced by Soviet-style thinking, but even they understand the reality of free speech in Ukraine, which remains despite changes in government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an address Saturday despite the new administration's slogan of change, there has been no sign of genuine change in what he termed hostile U.S.policies toward Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"Despite the fact that the prevailing diplomatic winds these days blow in the direction of diplomacy alone, I believe with all my heart that diplomacy and sanctions are not mutually exclusive."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The title for the Black Satellites is the first for an African team at the Under-20 level, despite the dominance of African nations in the youth categories over the last decades.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"Peter is in good health despite many months of captivity, he's undergoing full medical checks and he is going to be reunited with his family as soon as possible back in the U.K.,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Congressman Berman and at least 330 lawmakers supporting the bill, which expands the scope of sanctions to oil pipelines and tankers, say that despite some signs of progress in negotiations with Iran, Congress must step up pressure on Tehran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Isn't it time we stopped working for the government and the government started working for us?" Democrats in Congress pushed a modified version of the president's spending plan through the House and Senate last week, despite strong Republican opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

Despite all the controversy and concern, FIFA executive Warner says he hopes for the best in Nigeria, as part of the series of events designed by FIFA to test African organizational capacities leading up to the World Cup in South Africa next year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Despite U.S.demands for Israel to stop or restrain construction of Jewish housing in disputed East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, during the Biden visit Israeli officials announced their approval of construction of 1,600 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Despite signs of a gradually improving economy, job growth continues to lag in the U.S.Unemployment remains high at 10 percent after the economy shed another U.S.Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue says the reason is obvious: uncertainty is causing large and small businesses to think twice before hiring new workers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12