Grant
[grɑːnt] or [ɡrænt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of providing a subsidy.
(noun.) a right or privilege that has been granted.
(noun.) 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885).
(noun.) United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986).
(noun.) Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978).
(noun.) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
(noun.) any monetary aid.
(verb.) transfer by deed; 'grant land'.
(verb.) bestow, especially officially; 'grant a degree'; 'give a divorce'; 'This bill grants us new rights'.
整理:罗德尼--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
(v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
(v. t.) To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
(v. i.) To assent; to consent.
(v. t.) The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
(v. t.) The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
(v. t.) The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
(v. t.) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Admit, allow, concede, cede, yield.[2]. Give (in answer to a request), bestow, CONFER, vouchsafe, deign.[3]. (Law.) Convey (by deed), transfer, make conveyance of.
n. [1]. Gift, boon, donation, benefaction, bounty, largess, present, concession.[2]. (Law.) Conveyance, cession.
校對:威拉德
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Give, allot, bestow, confer, transfer, admit, allow, concede, convey, impart,yield, cede
ANT:Withhold, withdraw, reserve, resume, deny
整理:塔尼娅
解釋/意思:
v.t. to bestow or give over: to give possession of: to admit as true what is not yet proved: to concede.—v.i. (Shak.) to consent.—n. a bestowing: something bestowed an allowance: a gift: (Eng. law) conveyance of property by deed.—adj. Grant′able.—ns. Grantēē′ (law) the person to whom a grant gift or conveyance is made; Grant′er Grant′or (law) the person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.—Take for granted to presuppose as certainly true.
錄入:罗兰
例句/造句/用法:
- I come from Dr. Grant's, said Edmund presently. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Lieutenant Grant offered his services, which were accepted. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The Lord grant he be along soon! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It was not Mr. Rushworth, however, but Edmund, who then appeared walking towards them with Mrs. Grant. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should think of asking her? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- GRANT, Commander-in-Chief. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Brummell often dined with him, and therefore I take it for granted that Tom Raikes lent Brummell money. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- From that time until 1865 many patents were granted, none of which may be considered successful. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He asked to be relieved from further duty in the capacity in which he was engaged and his request was granted. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company, has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The entrance of the Grants and Crawfords was a favourable epoch. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It now demanded grants in aid from the State--in order to build at a profit. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Grants showing a disposition to be friendly and sociable, gave great satisfaction in the main among their new acquaintance. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It affords no rent to the landlord, who generally grants the use of it to whoever takes the trouble of asking it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is quite settled that the Grants go to Bath; they leave Mansfield on Monday. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The princes who lived upon the worst terms with their barons, seem accordingly to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- If one grants all this there is still the fact that it was the _Clermont’s_ success that opened the watercourses of the world to steam. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- This bank was more liberal than any other had ever been, both in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Granting that to be the right reading of the riddle, it accounted, perhaps, for her flighty, self-conceited manner when she passed me in the hall. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- To the astonishment of my clerk, I at once decided on granting an interview to the gentleman below. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I was not granting time for composure to her only, I was gaining time also for myself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But this increase of rent could be got only by granting leases to their tenants, who thereby became, in a great measure, independent of them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Even granting that it was as you have had in your thoughts, what the two had done together would come familiar to the mind of one. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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