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grant obj ACCEPTHgrB:nt, $grAntv [T]to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite opinion承认I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she made a bit of a fuss. [+ that clause]我承认这一定令人不快，但即使如此我想她有点太大惊小怪了。Granted/ I grant you (= It is true that), it's a difficult situation but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively.我承认这是一个困难的局面，但我感到他肯定可以处理得更理智些。(fml) As reluctant as I was to do so, I had to grant the truth in what Noel said.虽然我不情愿这样做，但我不得不承认诺尔说的是事实。To take a fact for granted is to believe it to be the truth without even thinking about it.视为当然I know it was silly of me but I just took it for granted that they were married. [+ that clause]我知道我很傻，但我以为他们已结婚了。I didn't realize that Melanie hadn't been to college--I suppose I just took it for granted.我不知道梅勒妮没上过大学----我想我只是想当然的了。If you take situations or people for granted you do not appreciate or show gratitude for how much you benefit from them.把…当作理所应当He just takes it for granted that the house is always tidy. [+ that clause]他把房子的整洁当作理所当然的。Most young people take central heating for granted because they've never lived without it.大多数青年人把中央供暖系统视为理所当然的，因为他们的生活中总有它。One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted.涉及男女或同性的同居关系中的一个问题是在一段时间之后彼此把对方视为当然的了。
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