with two objs
1
- agree to give or allow (something requested) to准予; 授予:
they were granted a meeting.
批准他们开个会。
1.1
- give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to正式地(或合法)地给予(权利, 权力, 财产等):
they will grant you asylum.
他们会给你提供庇护。
2
- agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true同意; 承认:
he hasn't made much progress, I'll grant you that.
我得向你承认, 他没有取得什么进展。
1
- a sum of money given by an organization, especially a government, for a particular purpose(组织, 尤指政府, 为特定目的给予的)拨款。
1.1
- mass noun formal the action of granting something〈正式〉给予; 授予:
we had to recommend the grant or refusal of broadcasting licences.
我们要么建议发给广播执照, 要么建议拒发。
1.2
- Law a legal conveyance or formal conferment【律】合法转让; 正式授予:
a grant of land
土地转让
a grant of probate.
遗嘱检验的授予。
短语
take someone or something for granted
1
- fail to appreciate someone or something that is very familiar or obvious对熟悉(或明显)的人(或物)视作当然:
the comforts that people take for granted.
人们认为是理所当然的使生活舒适的东西。
1.1
take something for granted
assume that something is true without questioning it认为…是理所当然:people no longer took for granted everything about Christianity.
人们不再对基督教的一切信以为真了。
派生词
grantable
adjectivegranter
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French granter 'consent to support', variant of creanter 'to guarantee', based on Latin credere 'entrust'.