take something as givenBELIEVEto accept that something is true or exists, especially when you are developing an idea or argument 认为某事理所当然如此,认为某事是想当然〔尤用于得出观点〕 The fact that people find change difficult is taken as given. 人总觉得改变什么很难,这是毫无疑问的。
→ take something as given at given2(3)