[求助]in spite of & despite的区别

fairy_dc

In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade the public to use public transportation, mass transit has been steadily losing patronage to the private automobile for the past thirty years.
(A) In spite of federal subsidizing of public transportation systems massively and major local efforts to persuade
(B) In spite of massive federal subsidizing of public transportation systems and major efforts locally at persuading
(C) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and the making of major efforts locally to persuade
(D) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and major local efforts to persuade
(E) Despite massive federal subsidies to public transportation systems and making major local efforts at persuading

选D

请教in spite of & despite 的区别

lyz8710

不定式比介词短语简洁

despite与in spite of含义一样，但是前者相比更简洁

fairy_dc

3Q

apple0629

貌似prep或介词短语在og里一般不喜欢引导句子或者复杂架构，都直接加名词或名词性短语的说~

fairy_dc

好的，我记住这个规律了

xmlvivian

貌似GMAT倾向于用DESPITE  它不能加句子 只能加名词性短语

AMBER513

lyz8710 发表于 2009-9-6 23:33
不定式比介词短语简洁despite与in spite of含义一样，但是前者相比更简洁

同意！               

AMBER513

看一下！