In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.
尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 树干;象鼻;躯干;汽车车尾的行李箱;
💡 trunc-, truncat- 使残废,砍断
"the diameter of a tree trunk"
树干的直径
近义：log, bole, frustum, boot, proboscis, rostrum
n. 恶意;怨恨;恶事;
vt. 向…表示恶意;欺负;刁难;泄愤;
💡 唾沫(spit)吐在眼睛(e)里也 不管 网友：yqy补充： spit唾沫，e眼睛：唾沫吐在眼睛里－－有怨恨；往鹅（e）身上吐唾沫－－表达怨恨
"She is still very active, in spite of her advancing years."
她尽管年事渐高，仍然十分活跃。
近义：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
反义：appetence, appetency, inclination, attractiveness, pleasantness, pleasure
adj. [律]上述的;少说为妙;（做）某事有/没有很多优点（或好处）：某事物有/没有多少可说的;说到底;
v. 说，讲( say的过去式和过去分词 );表明;念;说明;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：indicated, spoken, stated, this, aforementioned, aforesaid
cutting
[['kʌtiŋ]]
n. 切断, 切下, 路堑\\n[化] 切屑
近义：snippet, clipping, snip, trimming, clip, trim
反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
n. 树;木料;树状图;宗谱;
vt. 把…赶上树;使处于困境;把鞋型插入（鞋内）;
💡 吹”（谐音）：风吹 树动 T像树，r是树叉，e是叶片- 树
"We put up the decorations and the tree and started to feel Christmassy at last."
我们布置好了装饰品和圣诞树，这才开始感受到圣诞节的气氛。
近义：arboreal, arborescent