in spite ofとは 意味・読み方・使い方

前置詞

in spite of

1. (idiomatic) Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.

   Synonyms: (廃れた用法) maugre, regardless of; see also Thesaurus:despite

   • 1898, James, Henry, The Turn of the Screw, Courier Dover Publications, published 1991, →ISBN, page 72:

     No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness.

使用する際の注意点

• In spite of is at once three words and one preposition; as may be seen in the 1898 quotation above, it is not separated during preposition-stranding (hence “in spite of which […] ”, never *“of which […] in spite”), but it may sometimes be separated by an adverb (as in “in spite also of”).
• The phrase is often misused where regardless of would be appropriate.

派生語

• in spite of oneself

前置詞

inspite of

1. Alternative form of in spite of

使用する際の注意点

• Inspite of is a spelling mistake in most English dialects, but is common in Pakistan.

アナグラム

• pontifies