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单词 given
释义

given

/ˈɡɪv(ə)n /
verb
past participle of give.
adjective
1Specified or stated: they gathered at a given time...
  • The site and range of control of pressure patterns decide the weather for any given area.
  • A player must obtain the specified number of runs and sets for any given round and play them on their field.
  • But this is not all: he feels that there is a little too much going on at any given moment.

Synonyms

specified, stated, designated, set, particular, specific, named, identified, delineated, prescribed;
agreed, appointed, decided, prearranged, predetermined
2 (given to) Inclined or disposed to: she was not often given to anger

Synonyms

prone, liable, inclined, disposed, predisposed, apt, likely;
(given to) in the habit of
3 Law, archaic (Of a document) signed and dated: this given under my hand this thirtieth day of October
preposition
Taking into account: given the complexity of the task, they did a good job...
  • Physically shutting down the site would be very difficult given that it is hosted overseas.
  • It's especially unfair given that she looks so good in those few scenes she's in.
  • That is very poor given that serving food is partly how they make their living.

Synonyms

considering, taking into consideration, taking into account, in view of, bearing in mind, giving consideration to, keeping in mind, in the light of;
making allowances for;
assuming
noun
A known or established fact or situation: at a couture house, attentive service is a given...
  • Thereby, things present themselves not as indifferent givens, facts, but as meaningful: salient, expedient, obstructive, and so on.
  • One aspect of the deconstructive turn is the realization that things that we take for granted as givens are in fact inventions.
  • They are thought to have established the basic givens of human existence - life and death, sexual difference and reproduction, and the cycles of corporeal and spiritual regeneration.

Synonyms

established fact, reality, certainty;
French donnée

Rhymes

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