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/ˌnevərðəˈles/ · /ˌnevəðəˈles/
used to say that something is still true or still happens, even though what you just said might make you expect the opposite.
儘管如此；然而
核心畫面
You can picture it as a hand that pushes an expectation back: I just told you something that would make you expect one result, and then I hold up my hand and say — even so, the other thing is still true. The word literally splits into 'never the less': what I just said makes it none the less so.
可以想成一隻把『預期』擋回去的手：我剛講的那件事會讓你以為結果是 A，然後我伸手一擋，說『就算這樣，B 還是成立』。…更多收起
可以想成一隻把『預期』擋回去的手：我剛講的那件事會讓你以為結果是 A，然後我伸手一擋，說『就算這樣，B 還是成立』。這個字拆開來就是 never（一點也不）＋ the ＋ less（更少）——前面那句話並不會讓後面這件事『少一分』真實。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
neverthelessadv/ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/
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In spite of what preceded; yet.
- Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.
- The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。