| 单词 | given |
| 释义 | given (gɪvən ) 1. A1 Given is the past participle of give1. 2. adjective If you talk about, for example, any given position or a given time, you mean the particular position or time that you are discussing. In chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position. Over a given period, the value of shares will rise and fall. 3. preposition Given is used when indicating a possible situation in which someone has the opportunity or ability to do something. For example, given the chance means 'if I had the chance'. Write down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity. Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved. 4. given that sth phrase If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account. Usually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don't earn that much. 5. preposition If you say given something, you mean taking that thing into account. Given the uncertainty over Leigh's future I was left with little other choice. 6. adjective If you are given to doing something, you often do it. [formal] I am not very given to emotional displays. [+ to] Synonyms: inclined, addicted, disposed, prone Idioms: never be given an even break or never get an even break to not get the same chances or opportunities to do something as other people He kept talking about how she never got an even break from the family. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be given a clean bill of health to be told by a doctor that you are completely healthy and not ill in any way He had a full medical late last year and was given a clean bill of health. to be examined or considered and then judged to be in a satisfactory condition Fourteen seaside resorts failed to meet the environmental and safety standards, while 43 were given a clean bill of health. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be given the green light if a plan or action is given the green light, someone in authority says that it can be carried out Despite local planning opposition he has finally been given the green light to develop a terrace of 11 derelict houses he owns in South Kensington. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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