From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin spite of yourselfin spite of yourselfALTHOUGHif you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it The picture made her laugh in spite of herself. → spiteExamples from the Corpusin spite of yourself• Almost in spite of himself, he did well at Latin.• I feel a stab of envy in spite of myself.• The picture made her laugh in spite of herself.• Angie responds in spite of herself when Cain flirts with her.• I went along to my session, and I was shaking in spite of myself.• I hurried home, my heart pounding and my hands trembling in spite of myself-I could not believe it.
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1. Despite one's own foibles, mistakes, or flaws. Somehow the Eagles managed to pull off a victory in spite of themselves. I knocked over my drink and called her the wrong name at one point, but all in all, I think the date went well in spite of myself. 2. Despite or against one's desire or intention. I was scared senseless when I realized there was a burglar in the house, but I laughed in spite of myself when he slipped on a banana peel on the kitchen floor. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. without regard to someone or something; even though another course had been prescribed; ignoring a warning. In spite of her orders to stay, I left. In spite of the bad weather, I had fun on vacation. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Regardless of, in defiance of, as in They kept on in spite of their fears. [c. 1400]
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Not stopped by; regardless of: They kept going in spite of their fears.
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In spite of oneself Bất kể bản thân Ví dụ A: How come he is often punished by the teacher? Sao cậu ta hay bị bạn gái phạt vậy. B: He's often absent-minded and dozed off in spite of himself in class Cậu ta hay đãng trí và ngủ gật bất kể bản thân đang ở trong lớp Ghi chú absent-minded: đãng trí doze off: ngủ gật, ngủ lơ mơ
In spite of oneself Bất kể bản thân
Ví dụ
Ghi chú
absent-minded: đãng trí
doze off: ngủ gật, ngủ lơ mơ
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Tags: English for Communication, English for wiriting, idiom, Idiomatic expression, thành ngữ, thành ngữ tiếng Anh, tiếng anh giao tiếp, tiếng Anh viếtIn spite of oneself Bất kể bản thân Ví dụ A: How come he is often punished by the teacher? Sao cậu ta hay bị bạn gái phạt vậy. B: He's often absent-minded and dozed off in spite of himself in class Cậu ta hay đãng trí và ngủ gật bất kể bản thân đang ở trong lớp Ghi chú absent-minded: đãng trí doze off: ngủ gật, ngủ lơ mơ