Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing.
1. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession);
"although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it""while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed""he was a stern yet fair master""granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"