ALTHOUGHif you do something in spite of yourself, you do it although you did not expect or intend to do it 不由自主地,身不由己地
The picture made her laugh in spite of herself.
这幅画让她忍俊不禁。
Examples from the Corpus
in spite of yourself• Almost in spite of himself, he did well at Latin.• I feel a stab of envyin spite of myself.• The picture made her laughin spite of herself.• Angie respondsin spite of herself when Cain flirts with her.• I went along to my session, and I was shakingin spite of myself.• I hurried home, my heart pounding and my hands tremblingin spite of myself-I could not believe it.