| 单词 | grant |
| 释义 | noun | verb grantgrant1 /grænt/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun [countable] an amount of money given to a person or organization, especially by the government, for a particular purpose: The medical school has received a grant for cancer research. The high school has applied for a grant to run the program.grant from a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation The magazine is run on grant money. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French creanter, graanter, from Latin credere to believe] noun | verb grantgrant2 ●○○ AWL verb 1take somebody/something for granted to expect that someone or something will always be there, and never think how important or useful he, she, or it is: Most people take their health for granted. Children tend to take their parents for granted. We take it for granted that we can talk to anyone, anywhere, at any time.2take it for granted (that) to believe that something is true without making sure SYN assume: We just took it for granted that the $1,000 was part of the normal fee for buying a house.3[transitive] formal to give someone something that he or she has asked for, especially official permission to do something: grant somebody something Ching Hua was granted American citizenship last year.grant something to somebody The Constitution grants authority to the president in times of emergency. She refused to grant our request for interview.4[intransitive, transitive] to admit that something is true although it does not make much difference to your opinion SYN concede: He has talent, I grant you, but he doesn’t work hard enough.—grantor, granter noun [countable] |
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