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| /grɑːnt/ |
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| 1 | formal to allow someone to have or do what they want 同意；准予 |
| If permission is granted, they’ ll start building soon. 如果得到允许，他们很快就会开工。 |
| The Board has refused to grant your request. 董事会已拒绝了你的请求。 |
| grant sth to sb Irish nationalists urged the British government to grant an amnesty to all political prisoners. |
| grant sb sth On April 30, the club granted him a leave of absence for personal reasons. 4月30日，俱乐部准予他因个人原因请假。 |
| grant sb’ s wish His wish had finally been granted. 他的愿望终于实现了。 |
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| 2 | to admit that something is true 承认 |
| I grant you (that) ‘This thing never works!’ ‘Well, not very often, I grant you.’ “这绝对行不通！”“嗯，是不常行得通的，我承认。” |
| You’ re thorough, I grant you that, but we don’ t need all this detail. 我承认你很仔细，但我们不需要这些细节。 |
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| - | take sb for granted
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| to expect someone to always be there and do things for you even when you do not show that you are grateful |
| 视某人（的存在和帮助）为理所当然 |
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| to expect something always to happen or exist in a particular way , and not think about any possible problems or difficulties |
| 视某事为理所当然 |
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| Losing my job taught me never to take anything for granted. 失业使我认识到决不能认为什么事都是理所当然的。 |
| take it for granted (that) You can’ t take it for granted that they’ ll behave themselves. 你不能理所当然地认为他们会检点自己的行为。 |
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