grant

grant
verb
[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。
    ■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。
noun
  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
    ■[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。
    ■(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。
常用词组
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舒适。
    ■(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
grantable
adjective
granter
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French granter 'consent to support', variant of creanter 'to guarantee', based on Latin credere 'entrust'
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