1 N-COUNT 拨款;补助金 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. 拨款;补助金
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They'd got a special grant to encourage research.
他们得到一笔用以鼓励科研的特别经费。
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Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.
很遗憾，我的助学金申请被拒绝了。
SYN award, allowance, donation, endowment
2 VERB 授予；给予 If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it. 授予；给予 [formal]
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France has agreed to grant him political asylum. [VERB noun noun]
法国已经同意给予他政治避难。
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It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan. [VERB noun + to]
是工党政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的独立。
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Permission was granted a few weeks ago. [be VERB-ed]
几周前已获得了许可。
SYN give, allow, present, award
3 VERB 承认 If you grant that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change. 承认
You use '
I grant you' or '
I'll grant you' to say that you accept something is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
我承认（某事属实，但并不因此改变自己的观点） -
He took a risk, I'll grant you. But when you think about it, the risk was pretty small.
我承认他有些冒险，但是回过来想一想，其实风险并不大。
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I grant you that there have been excesses here and there. But this happens in any popular national struggle.
我承认各地出现了一些过激行为，但是这种现象在任何大规模民族斗争中都在所难免。
4 PHRASE （因视作理所当然而）不把…当回事，对…不予重视（或不知感激） 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. （因视作理所当然而）不把…当回事，对…不予重视（或不知感激）
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What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?.
这家人有什么资格瞧不起我，马丁？
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The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
这些官员感到受了怠慢，于是大声抱怨起来。
5 PHRASE 认为…是理所当然的 If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it. 认为…是理所当然的
6 PHRASE 理所当然地认为 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. 理所当然地认为
| Word Partnership | Use grant with: |
| N. | grant amnesty, grant equal rights, grant independence, grant membership, grant money, grant permission, grant a wish 2 |
| VERB. | refuse to grant 2 |
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