grant （v ） (a) 同意給予或允許（所求）: grant a favour, request, etc 答應幫忙﹑ 請求等 * They granted him permission to go. 他們准許他去. * The minister granted journalists an interview. 部長答應接見記者. (b) ~ sth (to sb) 正式或依法給予某物: These lands were granted to our family in perpetuity. 這些土地依法永遠歸我們家族所有. * She was granted a pension. 她得到了養老金. (fml 文) 同意或承認（某事屬實）: grant the truth of what sb says 承認某人所說屬實 * I grant he"s been ill, but that doesn"t excuse him. 我承認他是病了, 但是那也不能原諒他. * I grant you she"s a clever woman, but I wouldn"t want to work for her. 我同意你說的, 她很精明, 可是我不想為她工作.