sentence adverb
- admittedly; it is true (used to introduce a factor which is opposed to the main line of argument but is not regarded as so strong as to invalidate it)诚然; 确实（用来引入一个和主要论点相反, 但并非很有说服力而足以驳倒主要论点的因素）：
granted, we are seeing the exceptional, but one fact must be faced.
确实我们碰到的是一个特例, 但我们必须面对一个现实。
conjunction
granted that
- even assuming that假定…; 就算…：
granted that officers were used to making decisions, they still couldn't be expected to understand.
就算官员习惯了拍板作决定, 但他们未必就了解情况。