grant

/ɡrɑːnt/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

授予；准予；承认；拨款；补助金；资助

释义与例句

v. 授予；准予；承认
to formally give somebody something they have asked for, or to admit that something is true
  1. The court granted her permission to appeal.
    法院准许她上诉。
  2. The university granted him a scholarship for his research.
    大学为他提供了研究奖学金。
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  1. I grant that the plan has some disadvantages.
    我承认这个计划有一些缺点。
n. 拨款；补助金；资助
an amount of money given by an organisation for a particular purpose
  1. The laboratory received a research grant from the government.
    该实验室获得了一笔政府研究拨款。
  2. She applied for a grant to restore the historic building.
    她申请了一笔修复这座历史建筑的补助金。
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  1. The project depends on grants from local businesses.
    这个项目依靠当地企业的资助。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 grant 作动词是“正式给予或许可”，作名词常指“拨款”；take ... for granted 是“把……视为理所当然”。

词族与关联词

同义词
  • award 授予；奖励；奖金
    award 常指正式颁发奖项、奖金、合同或裁决赔偿；grant 强调应请求给予许可、权利或资金，也可表示承认某事属实。
    The judges awarded her first prize. 评委授予她一等奖。
反义词
  • refuse 拒绝
    The council refused permission to build on the land. 地方议会拒绝批准在这片土地上施工。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • loan 贷款；借款
    grant 通常是无须偿还的专项资助；loan 是借款，通常需要按约定偿还并可能支付利息。
    They took out a bank loan to buy the equipment. 他们向银行贷款购买设备。
常见搭配
  • grant permission 给予许可
    The council granted permission for the new housing development. 地方议会批准了新的住宅开发项目。
  • research grant 研究经费
    The team won a major research grant to study coastal erosion. 该团队获得了一笔重要研究经费，用于研究海岸侵蚀。
  • take something for granted 把某事视为理所当然
    We often take clean drinking water for granted. 我们常常把清洁的饮用水视为理所当然。