vt (1)允(准)予;同意给予(agree to give，esp what is wanted or requested)[T+n，D+n+n]：～a request/a wish/a demand 答应一项请求/满足愿望/满足要求;～sb permission to leave the country 准许某人离开这个国家; be～ed a holiday for the Queen's wedding 女王结婚那天获准放假; 〖反〗refuse，deny;

(2)正式或依法给予(give sth，esp by a formal act or legally)[D+n+n，D+n+prep(to)]： ～sb long term credits/extra holiday/a pension 给予某人长期信贷/额外的假期/养老金;～a dying industry government subsidies 给将要垮台的工业发放政府补贴;～civil rights/aid to all citizens 给予所有公民以人权/援助;

(3)承认(agree or admit (that sth is true))[T+n，T+that，D+n+that ](fml)：～sb's honesty/the truth of what sb says 承认某人诚实/说的话是真的;I～(you) that it was a stupid thing to do.我承认这样做很愚蠢。～sb the reasonableness of sb's argument 向某人承认某人论点的合理性;〖反〗refuse;

take ... for granted 1)视……为理所当然，认为……是必然的情况;对……熟视无睹：We took his cooperation/permission for～ed.我们把他的合作/许可视为理所当然。2)认为真实：I keep telling myself never to take anything for～ed. 我不断告诫自己不要认为一切都是真实的。

n 授给物，拨款(amount of money given by sb，esp a government or organization，to (help)pay sth that sb needs to do)[C][N+to-inf，N (towards)]：a～to help sb study 一笔帮助某人学习的拨款;a～to a scholar to do research/a university to purchase computers 给一位学者搞科研/一所大学买计算机的拨款;make a～of land to the people 给予人民土地补贴;student～s 学生助学金;award sb a research～授予某人一笔科研津贴;get a～-in-aid from the government 得到政府的补助金;

【辨异】grand与give 和 present³的区别见GIVE。