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N-COUNT
撥款;補助金
A grant is an amount of money that a government or other institution gives to an individual or to an organization for a particular purpose such as education or home improvements.
例句
They'd got a special grant to encourage research...
他們得到一筆用以鼓勵科研的特別經費。
Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.
很遺憾，我的助學金申請被拒絕了。
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VERB
授予；給予
If someone in authority grants you something, or if something is granted to you, you are allowed to have it.
例句
France has agreed to grant him political asylum...
法國已經同意給予他政治避難。
It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan...
是工黨政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的獨立。
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VERB
承認
If you grant that something is true, you accept that it is true, even though your opinion about it does not change.
例句
The magistrates granted that the charity was justified in bringing the action.
地方法官承認該慈善機構有理由提起訴訟。
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PHRASE
（因視作理所當然而）不把…當回事，對…不予重視（或不知感激）
If you say that someone takes you for granted, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.
例句
What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?...
這家人有什么資格瞧不起我，馬丁？
The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
這些官員感到受了怠慢，于是大聲抱怨起來。
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PHRASE
認為…是理所當然的
If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
例句
I was amazed that virtually all the things I took for granted up north just didn't happen in London.
幾乎所有我認為在北方是理所當然的事情在倫敦都沒有發生，這讓我驚詫不已。
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PHRASE
理所當然地認為
If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
例句
He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.
他似乎想當然地認為他應該以代表的身份發言。