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单词 given
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Definition of given in English:

given

verbˈɡɪv(ə)n
  • past participle of give
adjective ˈɡɪv(ə)nˈɡɪvən
  • 1Specified or stated.

    规定的;指明的

    they gathered at a given time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The amount of tax we pay on any given income depends on two things - tax rates and tax thresholds.
    • But this is not all: he feels that there is a little too much going on at any given moment.
    • One of the roles of philosophy has been to examine critically the intellectual tools of any given era.
    • If you're the type of person to dance on the table at the office party then you're probably the type of person to do it at any given time of year.
    • That means on any given day two episodes are broadcast and the ‘repeated’ one is first.
    • How could you know that he won't just attack you at any given moment?
    • His observations of the defenders dictates which play to use in a given situation.
    • Change of whatever nature and magnitude is very crucial to any given society.
    • However, they were only able to do this because they had a great degree of freedom about what was actually paid out in any given year.
    • Bear in mind that, at any given price, this choice involves a trade-off with playback performance.
    • Thoughts are important because they delimit the child's capability in a given situation.
    • On almost any given day of the year, there is an event that focuses on shoes.
    • So the natural next question for the marketer is: how do we find this key for any given business.
    • In general they indicate the amount of active qi available at a given moment.
    • In any given year, there are bound to be at least a few major disasters or tragedies or deaths of major figures.
    • The site and range of control of pressure patterns decide the weather for any given area.
    • In any given situation some of these imperatives will be more vital than others.
    • You'll know this if you talk music with them for any given length of time, or watch the way they practise.
    • A player must obtain the specified number of runs and sets for any given round and play them on their field.
    • There is currently an undisclosed number of such teachers brought in to cover for absent colleagues on any given day.
    Synonyms
    specified, stated, designated, set, particular, specific, named, identified, delineated, prescribed
    agreed, appointed, decided, prearranged, predetermined
  • 2given toInclined or disposed to.

    倾向于;易于

    she was not often given to anger

    她难得生气。

    Synonyms
    prone, liable, inclined, disposed, predisposed, apt, likely
    (given to), in the habit of
  • 3Law
    archaic (of a document) signed and dated.

    〔律〕〈古〉(文件)(已在某日期由某人)签署的

    this given under my hand this thirtieth day of October

    由本人亲笔签署订立于4月11日。

prepositionˈɡɪv(ə)nˈɡɪvən
  • Taking into account.

    考虑到

    given the complexity of the task, they did a good job

    考虑到任务的复杂性,他们可以说是干得挺不错的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That is very poor given that serving food is partly how they make their living.
    • His entry into the millennium club is all the more impressive given that he has had more than his fair share of injuries.
    • It was also prudent given the danger of any cut being interpreted as a sign of panic.
    • This figure is more impressive given I spent most of last week on holiday.
    • He said that he was willing to live in harmony with the community if given the chance.
    • The most avid watcher quickly becomes jaded given the quantity of information to absorb.
    • It's especially unfair given that she looks so good in those few scenes she's in.
    • His achievement is all the more impressive given that Fitzgerald has endured his fair share of injuries.
    • Why is that figure not made publicly available given this is a public trust?
    • The authorities appear to have succeeded in this given the enthusiastic response.
    • Physically shutting down the site would be very difficult given that it is hosted overseas.
    • I pointed out that this might prove to be rather ironic given the current circumstances
    • A referendum, he argues, is simply too dangerous given the state of public opinion.
    • The time for a new partnership in the art of governance has become even more important given the stakes.
    • Soon marriage may be non-existent given the freedom we have to live in sin with our partners.
    • The joint stance by the four countries is seen as significant given their earlier split on the war.
    • A sale was thought to be almost impossible given the current slump in the international telecoms sector.
    • The latter seems unlikely given the present lack of economic activity in the area.
    • Of course, I want to think otherwise, that given the right challenge and the right luck I would be a hero.
    • However, given my disposition on the other issues, this is of little importance here.
    Synonyms
    considering, taking into consideration, taking into account, in view of, bearing in mind, giving consideration to, keeping in mind, in the light of
    making allowances for
    assuming
noun ˈɡɪv(ə)nˈɡɪvən
  • A known or established fact or situation.

    已知(或既定)事实(或情况);必然的事物(情况)

    at a couture house, attentive service is a given

    女式时装店肯定会提供殷勤服务的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The givens of history are not obstacles, but means.
    • It is a given that dearer oil causes economies to contract - leading to a fall in prices as a result.
    • Just as shattering violence affects people, it affects whole peoples, busting up the basic assumptions and givens in a society that usually prevent thoroughgoing change.
    • The right to privacy is one of a democracy's givens and the media expose police and bureaucrats who invade it.
    • I thought it was a given that the government was corrupt and lying to you, and everyone was a leftist.
    • Thereby, things present themselves not as indifferent givens, facts, but as meaningful: salient, expedient, obstructive, and so on.
    • The ability to articulate and argue and the right to do so are not givens, but areas of considerable complexity and dissent.
    • One aspect of the deconstructive turn is the realization that things that we take for granted as givens are in fact inventions.
    • At the end of the day, it is a given that the sources of happiness will always be fewer than the ones for sadness.
    • For investment purposes, what finds favour is the fact that a number of givens are known at the outset.
    • After all, within Lenin's Marxist framework, it was a given that mankind exploits nature.
    • I'm not sure why people take it as a given that reality shows won't work in syndication and reruns.
    • They are thought to have established the basic givens of human existence - life and death, sexual difference and reproduction, and the cycles of corporeal and spiritual regeneration.
    • So when it came to choosing her object of desire, it was a given that it would be craft-related.
    • Keeping up appearances at all costs and considering marriage as a social necessity - such are the givens in the our national psyche.
    • It's a given that every musician hungers to try the solo album at one time or another.
    • I understand imagination, no doubt a complex epistemological process, to be the capacity to entertain images of meaning and reality that are beyond the givens of observable experience.
    • They are not givens and there are large bodies of literature that are being overlooked.
    • Modern academics argue there are no givens, all is a social construct, but we suspect they are wrong.
    • A lot of what I was saying seven, eight years ago, among the few who were saying it, are now almost givens in the discussion, so I feel good about that.
    Synonyms
    established fact, reality, certainty
    French donnée

Rhymes

driven, forgiven, misgiven, Niven, riven, shriven, thriven

Definition of given in US English:

given

ˈɡivənˈɡɪvən
  • past participle of give
adjectiveˈɡivənˈɡɪvən
  • 1Specified or stated.

    规定的;指明的

    our level of knowledge on any given subject
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Change of whatever nature and magnitude is very crucial to any given society.
    • If you're the type of person to dance on the table at the office party then you're probably the type of person to do it at any given time of year.
    • His observations of the defenders dictates which play to use in a given situation.
    • In any given year, there are bound to be at least a few major disasters or tragedies or deaths of major figures.
    • That means on any given day two episodes are broadcast and the ‘repeated’ one is first.
    • In any given situation some of these imperatives will be more vital than others.
    • However, they were only able to do this because they had a great degree of freedom about what was actually paid out in any given year.
    • But this is not all: he feels that there is a little too much going on at any given moment.
    • A player must obtain the specified number of runs and sets for any given round and play them on their field.
    • You'll know this if you talk music with them for any given length of time, or watch the way they practise.
    • The amount of tax we pay on any given income depends on two things - tax rates and tax thresholds.
    • One of the roles of philosophy has been to examine critically the intellectual tools of any given era.
    • On almost any given day of the year, there is an event that focuses on shoes.
    • There is currently an undisclosed number of such teachers brought in to cover for absent colleagues on any given day.
    • The site and range of control of pressure patterns decide the weather for any given area.
    • Bear in mind that, at any given price, this choice involves a trade-off with playback performance.
    • So the natural next question for the marketer is: how do we find this key for any given business.
    • In general they indicate the amount of active qi available at a given moment.
    • Thoughts are important because they delimit the child's capability in a given situation.
    • How could you know that he won't just attack you at any given moment?
    Synonyms
    specified, stated, designated, set, particular, specific, named, identified, delineated, prescribed
  • 2given topredicative Inclined or disposed to.

    倾向于;易于

    she was not often given to anger

    她难得生气。

    Synonyms
    prone, liable, inclined, disposed, predisposed, apt, likely
  • 3Law
    archaic (of a document) signed and dated.

    〔律〕〈古〉(文件)(已在某日期由某人)签署的

    given under my hand this eleventh day of April

    由本人亲笔签署订立于4月11日。

prepositionˈɡivənˈɡɪvən
  • Taking into account.

    考虑到

    given the complexity of the task, they were able to do a good job

    考虑到任务的复杂性,他们可以说是干得挺不错的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That is very poor given that serving food is partly how they make their living.
    • He said that he was willing to live in harmony with the community if given the chance.
    • However, given my disposition on the other issues, this is of little importance here.
    • The most avid watcher quickly becomes jaded given the quantity of information to absorb.
    • The latter seems unlikely given the present lack of economic activity in the area.
    • Soon marriage may be non-existent given the freedom we have to live in sin with our partners.
    • Physically shutting down the site would be very difficult given that it is hosted overseas.
    • A referendum, he argues, is simply too dangerous given the state of public opinion.
    • His achievement is all the more impressive given that Fitzgerald has endured his fair share of injuries.
    • The joint stance by the four countries is seen as significant given their earlier split on the war.
    • This figure is more impressive given I spent most of last week on holiday.
    • His entry into the millennium club is all the more impressive given that he has had more than his fair share of injuries.
    • It's especially unfair given that she looks so good in those few scenes she's in.
    • I pointed out that this might prove to be rather ironic given the current circumstances
    • It was also prudent given the danger of any cut being interpreted as a sign of panic.
    • The authorities appear to have succeeded in this given the enthusiastic response.
    • The time for a new partnership in the art of governance has become even more important given the stakes.
    • Why is that figure not made publicly available given this is a public trust?
    • Of course, I want to think otherwise, that given the right challenge and the right luck I would be a hero.
    • A sale was thought to be almost impossible given the current slump in the international telecoms sector.
    Synonyms
    considering, taking into consideration, taking into account, in view of, bearing in mind, giving consideration to, keeping in mind, in the light of
nounˈɡivənˈɡɪvən
  • A known or established fact or situation.

    已知(或既定)事实(或情况);必然的事物(情况)

    at a couture house, attentive service is a given

    女式时装店肯定会提供殷勤服务的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For investment purposes, what finds favour is the fact that a number of givens are known at the outset.
    • The right to privacy is one of a democracy's givens and the media expose police and bureaucrats who invade it.
    • Keeping up appearances at all costs and considering marriage as a social necessity - such are the givens in the our national psyche.
    • They are thought to have established the basic givens of human existence - life and death, sexual difference and reproduction, and the cycles of corporeal and spiritual regeneration.
    • I thought it was a given that the government was corrupt and lying to you, and everyone was a leftist.
    • It is a given that dearer oil causes economies to contract - leading to a fall in prices as a result.
    • So when it came to choosing her object of desire, it was a given that it would be craft-related.
    • Thereby, things present themselves not as indifferent givens, facts, but as meaningful: salient, expedient, obstructive, and so on.
    • A lot of what I was saying seven, eight years ago, among the few who were saying it, are now almost givens in the discussion, so I feel good about that.
    • They are not givens and there are large bodies of literature that are being overlooked.
    • After all, within Lenin's Marxist framework, it was a given that mankind exploits nature.
    • Modern academics argue there are no givens, all is a social construct, but we suspect they are wrong.
    • I understand imagination, no doubt a complex epistemological process, to be the capacity to entertain images of meaning and reality that are beyond the givens of observable experience.
    • At the end of the day, it is a given that the sources of happiness will always be fewer than the ones for sadness.
    • It's a given that every musician hungers to try the solo album at one time or another.
    • The givens of history are not obstacles, but means.
    • The ability to articulate and argue and the right to do so are not givens, but areas of considerable complexity and dissent.
    • I'm not sure why people take it as a given that reality shows won't work in syndication and reruns.
    • Just as shattering violence affects people, it affects whole peoples, busting up the basic assumptions and givens in a society that usually prevent thoroughgoing change.
    • One aspect of the deconstructive turn is the realization that things that we take for granted as givens are in fact inventions.
    Synonyms
    established fact, reality, certainty
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