| 单词 | taken-for-granted |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaken-for-granted C2. With prepositional phrases, corresponding to phrasal uses of take, as taken-for-granted, taken-out-of-context, etc. ΚΠ 1800 W. Eaton Let. 4 July in C. Prentiss Life W. Eaton (1813) 150 This inference he drew from the taken for granted premises ‘that..[etc.]’. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Liberty 27 July 2/1 The Impressionist movement..was evidently destined to improve pictures greatly by substituting a natural, observant, real style for a conventional, taken-for-granted, ideal one. 1981 S. Vigoda Legendary Voices I. xiv. 151 I offered the wine-filled goblet to the taken-by-surprise father of the bride. 1985 SMPTE Jrnl. 94 460/3 When reported in the print media, the taken-out-of-context term, ‘we will bury you’, made ominous-sounding headlines in the U.S. press. 2008 New Yorker 8 Dec. 79/1 He drove like a cop, with a taken-for-granted authority. < as lemmas |
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