granting
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements. 補助金
They'd got a special grant to encourage research. 他們已得到了一筆用來支持研究的特別補助金。
2. V-T If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it. 準予[正式]
France has agreed to grant him political asylum. 法國已經(jīng)同意給予他政治庇護。
Single parents tend to grant more independence to their children than other parents do. 單親父母往往比其他父母給予孩子們更多的自主性。
3. V-T If you grant that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change. 承認
The magistrates granted that the charity was justified in bringing the action. 這些地方法官承認該慈善機構(gòu)提起訴訟是有正當理由的。
4. PHRASE If you say that someone takes you for granted, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful. 對某人無感激之心
What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?
這一家子有什么資格認為我所做的一切都是應(yīng)該的，馬??？
5. PHRASE If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it. 視某事為理所當然
I was amazed that virtually all the things I took for granted up north just didn't happen in Savannah. 令我感到驚訝的是，我在北方視為理所當然的一切事物，在南美大草原上幾乎都沒有發(fā)生。
6. PHRASE If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it. 理所當然地認為
He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative. 他似乎理所當然地認為他應(yīng)當作為代表發(fā)言。
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