grant是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose -- （尤指政府为特殊目的给予个人或组织的）拨款，补助金

  • a student/research grant 助学金／研究拨款

  • a local authority/government grant 当地行政机构／政府拨款

  • [ + to infinitive ] They gave/awarded her a grant to study abroad for one year. 他们给／授予她一笔奖学金供她出国留学1年。

• 1 to give or allow someone something, usually in an official way -- （通常指官方）同意，准予，授予

  • [ + two objects ] They granted her an entry visa. 他们发给她入境签证。

  • He was granted asylum. 他的避难请求被接受了。

  • formal She granted their request/wish. 她答应了他们的请求／满足了他们的愿望。

• 2 to accept that something is true, often before expressing an opposite opinion -- （常指在表达相反的意见之前表示让步）承认，同意

  • I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she overreacted. 我承认这事肯定很让人心烦，但即使是这样，我觉得她也有点小题大做。

  • I grant you (= it is true that), it's a difficult situation but I feel sure he could have handled it more sensitively. 不错，这种局面是很棘手，但是我确实觉得他本可以更加理智地来处理。

  • I didn't realize that Melanie hadn't been to college - I suppose I just took it for granted. 我不知道梅拉妮没上大学——我只是想当然地认为她上过了。

  • One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you just take each other for granted. 恋爱中会遇到的一个问题是，相处一段时间后，双方就都把对方为自己所做的一切当成理所当然。