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单词 given
释义 given
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of given to give
1. : presented as a gift : bestowed without compensation
 < the millionaire … finds that given goods never prosper — London Daily News >
2. : marked by an inclination or disposition : prone — used with to
 < armies everywhere and in all ages have been given to swearing — Burges Johnson >
3. of an official document : having been executed : dated
 < given under my hand and seal this 30th day of June >
4.
 a. : definitely stated : fixed, specified
  < the number of musicians to be engaged for a given concert — Robert Lawrence >
 b. : assumed as actual or hypothetical : set forth as or as if known : determined, granted
  < given the national panickiness … liberals have to be very careful of the company they keep — H.J.Muller >
5. : immediately presented specifically without interpretation or elaboration
 < the given element is this incorrigible presentational element; the critizable and dubitable element is the element of interpretation — C.I.Lewis >
— used especially in philosophy
II. noun
(-s)
: something given : datum
 < it is taken as a given that language is the principal mode of communication for human beings — G.L.Trager >
especially : the component of the knowing process that is distinguished from what is supplied by thought or inference or from the hypothetical
 < in a sense the given is ineffable; it is that which remains untouched and unaltered, however it is construed by thought — C.I.Lewis >
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