notwithstanding

1. PREP If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing. 盡琯[正式]

He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held. 他瞧不起威廉·皮特，盡琯他們倆所持有的觀點(diǎn)相似。

2. ADV Notwithstanding is also an adverb. 盡琯[n ADV]

His relations with colleagues, differences of opinion notwithstanding, were unfailingly friendly. 他與同事們盡琯有意見分歧，但關(guān)系一直很融洽。