In Britain today, one in three men will die of heart disease.在如今的英國(guó)，三分之一的人死于心臟病

die of:死于

Many people die of famine every year.

每年有很多人死于饑荒。

My grandpa died of hunger in the old days.

我爺爺在舊社會(huì)死于饑餓。

In spite of all the advances in medical technology,盡管人類(lèi)的醫(yī)療技術(shù)取得了長(zhǎng)足進(jìn)展

in spite of:盡管

He do not wear a coat in spite of the cool weather.

雖然天氣寒冷，他沒(méi)有穿外套。

He do not wear a coat in spite of the cool weather.

雖然天氣寒冷，他沒(méi)有穿外套。

詞義辨析:

despite，in spite of這些前置詞或前置短語(yǔ)都含有“雖然，盡管”之意。

despite書(shū)面用詞，指不受某事或某種原因的阻礙，語(yǔ)氣輕于in spite of。

Despite all our efforts we still lost the game.

盡管我們盡了全力，我們還是輸?shù)袅吮荣悺?/p>

in spite of語(yǔ)氣較強(qiáng)，可與despite換用，口語(yǔ)或書(shū)面語(yǔ)中均可使用。