In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.
盡管有上述種種說法，但游客們還是照常摘樹葉和把他們的名字刻在樹干上。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 樹干;象鼻;軀干;汽車車尾的行李箱;
?? trunc-, truncat- 使殘廢,砍斷
"the diameter of a tree trunk"
樹干的直徑
近義：log, bole, frustum, boot, proboscis, rostrum
n. 惡意;怨恨;惡事;
vt. 向…表示惡意;欺負;刁難;泄憤;
?? 唾沫(spit)吐在眼睛(e)里也 不管 網友：yqy補充： spit唾沫，e眼睛：唾沫吐在眼睛里－－有怨恨；往鵝（e）身上吐唾沫－－表達怨恨
"She is still very active, in spite of her advancing years."
她盡管年事漸高，仍然十分活躍。
近義：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
反義：appetence, appetency, inclination, attractiveness, pleasantness, pleasure
adj. [律]上述的;少說為妙;（做）某事有/沒有很多優點（或好處）：某事物有/沒有多少可說的;說到底;
v. 說，講( say的過去式和過去分詞 );表明;念;說明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后來她后悔說了那些話。
近義：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid
cutting
[['k?ti?]]
n. 切斷, 切下, 路塹\\n[化] 切屑
近義：snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim
反義：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
n. 樹;木料;樹狀圖;宗譜;
vt. 把…趕上樹;使處于困境;把鞋型插入（鞋內）;
?? 吹”（諧音）：風吹 樹動 T像樹，r是樹叉，e是葉片- 樹
"We put up the decorations and the tree and started to feel Christmassy at last."
我們布置好了裝飾品和圣誕樹，這才開始感受到圣誕節的氣氛。
近義：arboreal, arborescent