notwithstanding

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

He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held. 他瞧不起威廉·皮特，尽管他们俩所持有的观点相似。

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

His relations with colleagues, differences of opinion notwithstanding, were unfailingly friendly. 他与同事们尽管有意见分歧，但关系一直很融洽。