granted
conj. 假定,就算
v. (退一步)承認( grant的過去式和過去分詞 ); (尤指正式地或法律上)同意; 准許; 讓渡
adv. (表示肯定屬實,然後再作另一番表述)不錯,的確
You use granted or granted that at the beginning of a clause to say that something is true, before you make a comment on it.
Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?
的確,這家公司沒有違法,但這樣的法律是否合理呢?
1. acknowledged as a supposition;
2. given as a grant;
His master granted him a small ingot of silver.
主人賞給他一錠銀子.
This is taken for granted.
自不待言.
He granted the boy liberty to go out.
他允許那男孩出去.
They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.
准許他們遲延48小時,以收集更多的證據.
I took it for granted that we should build new roads.
我們應該修造新的公路,我認為這是理所當然的.