🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:

take for granted

idiomatic phrase

1
: to assume (something) as true, real, unquestionable, or to be expected
We took our invitation to the party for granted. = We took it for granted that we'd be invited to the party. [=we assumed we'd be invited and did not think about the possibility that we wouldn't be]
What I will call the "old" middle class rose to prominence in the Forties, Fifties, and Sixties, when economic growth was taken for granted and opportunity was abundant. Alan Wolfe
2
: to value (something or someone) too lightly : to fail to properly notice or appreciate (someone or something that should be valued)
We often take our freedom for granted.
I'm tired of being taken for granted.

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of take for granted was in 1588

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime