They have patiently petitioned the state to grant them more equitable rights before the law.

她们耐心地请求国家基于法律给予她们更公平的权利。

The Lump Sum Grant is now the mainstream subvention system and is well accepted by the welfare sector.

整笔拨款安排现已成为主流的资助方式，广为福利界所接受。

The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.

补助金帮助支付旅行费用。

Bring me her broomstick, and I'll grant your requests.

把她的扫帚柄拿来给我，而我就允诺你们的要求。

The government had granted them permission to leave the country.

政府已经同意他们离开该国的请求。

take for granted 是固定表达，为习惯用语，指 “将 ...看作理所当然 〞，如 to take nothing for granted (不把任
何事物看作是理所应当的 )。 take sth for granted 不可接宾语从句，一定要接时，需在 take 后加 it 作形式宾
语。
例句： We took it for granted that you knew the whole matter .
我们以为你当然是知道所有情况的。

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※Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows.——Ceorge Eric Blair Orwell.British novelist  自由是指人们有说“2+2=4”的自由，有了这一保证，其他一切便会随之而来。英国小说家奥韦尔 .G.E.B.  

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