1 (formal 正式) to (officially) give sb what he/she has asked for (正式)给予,允许(所求):
He was granted permission to leave early.他获准提早离开。
2 to agree (that sth is true) 同意;承认:
I grant you that New York is an interesting place but I still wouldn't want to live there.你固然说得对,纽约是个有趣的地方,可我仍不想住在那里。
take sb/sth for granted to be so used to sb/sth that you forget his/her/its true value and are not grateful 对…不予重视;视…为理所当然:
In developed countries we take running water for granted.发达国家的人把自来水看成是理所当然的东西。take sth for granted to accept sth as being true 认为或相信某事属实:
We can take it for granted that the new students will have at least an elementary knowledge of English.我们可以认为,那些新生的英语水平至少应该达到初级程度。
grant²
/grɑ:nt ||; grænt/noun
[C] money that is given by the government, etc for a particular purpose (政府等的)专项拨款:
a student grant (= to help pay for university education)助学金to apply for/be awarded a grant申请╱获得助学金
grant1/grænt; ɡrɑːnt/v [T] 1 take it for granted (that) to believe that something is true without making sure 想当然地认为…: He took it for granted that Claire would marry him. 他想当然地认为克莱尔会嫁给他。2 take sb/sth for granted to expect that someone or something will always be there when you need them and never think how important or useful they are 对某人/某事物不予重视﹐不把某人/某事物当回事: He spends all his time at work and takes his family for granted. 他把所有的时间都花在工作上﹐没有把家庭当回事。3 formal to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for【正式】给予﹐准予: grant sb sth Ms. Chung was granted American citizenship last year. 钟女士去年取得了美国公民身份。4 to admit that something is true although it does not make much difference to your opinion 同意﹔承认: He's not a natural athlete, I grant you , but he does work hard. 他不是天生的运动员料子﹐我承认﹐但他很刻苦。
grant2n [C] an amount of money given to someone by an organization for a particular purpose〔由某一组织发放作某一用途的〕拨款: a research grant 一笔研究经费
grantgrantgrantsgrantedgranting1verb (grants, granting, granted) (formal)to give somebody what they have asked for: They granted him a visa to leave the country.take somebody or something for grantedto be so used to somebody or something that you forget you are lucky to have them: We tend to take our comfortable lives for granted.grantgrantgrants2nounmoney that you are given for a special reason: a student grant (= to help pay for study at university)