核心畫面

You can picture grant as someone in a position to decide handing over a thing the other person asked for — a yes spoken from above. The person below requests; the person with the power (an official, a court, a god, a boss) lets it pass through. From that one gesture of 'I let you have it' grow both the formal granting of permission and the money 'granted' for a purpose, and even the quieter 'I'll let you have that point' of an argument.

可以想成有權力的一方,對著有所請求的人點頭放行——「好,這個給你」。下面的人開口要(權限、簽證、一筆錢),上面的人(更多收起可以想成有權力的一方,對著有所請求的人點頭放行——「好,這個給你」。下面的人開口要(權限、簽證、一筆錢),上面的人(官方、法院、上司)就把它放過來。這個「我准你拿」的核心動作,往下既長出正式的「准予、給予」,也長出辯論裡那種較安靜的「好啦,這一點我讓給你」——都是同一個放行的手勢。

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在辯論中讓步承認

把「放行」從給東西移到給對方一個論點:我承認你這點對,等於在辯論裡把這一塊讓給你。

admit as true · verb · B1

To admit that something is true, even though it does not change your main opinion.

承認

視為理所當然(take for granted)

從「被准予」反過來看:一件事已經被放行、已經到手,於是你不再去確認、不再去珍惜——把『已 grant 給我』當成天經地義。

take it for granted (that) · verb · B1

In 'take it for granted (that)', to believe something is true without checking.

視為理所當然

Also in this word

officially give/allow · verb · B1

To give someone something or let them have something they have asked for, often officially.

准予 / 給予

money grant · noun · B1

An amount of money given to someone, often by a government or group, for a special purpose.

補助金 / 獎助金

原始詞典資料37 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Grantname/ɡɹɑːnt/

  • 1

    An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".

  • 2

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  • 3

    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

另外 13 個記錄的用法
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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

Grantnoun/ɡɹɑːnt/

  • 1

    slangA United States fifty-dollar bill.

    • He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.
    • How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?

grantverb/ɡɹɑːnt/

  • 1

    To give (permission or wish).

    • He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
    • The genie granted him three wishes
  • 2

    To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

    • He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
    • c. 1930, Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity[…]
  • 3

    To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

    • The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
    • "They are tall, certainly," said Sir Chetwynd... "I grant you they are tall. That is, the majority of them are. But I have seen short men among them. The Khedive is not taller than I am. And the Egyptian face is very deceptive. The features are often fine,—occasionally classic,—but intelligent expression is totally lacking."
  • 4

    To assent; to consent.

    • Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

grantnoun/ɡɹɑːnt/

  • 1

    The act of granting or giving

    • the grant of permission for a project
  • 2

    The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

  • 3

    The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

    • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
  • 4

    lawA transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

    • a grant of land or of money
  • 5

    The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.

  • 6

    informalAn application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。