[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、不能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,但我们必须面对这样一个现实。
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(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。