評論
打印
1、grant
撥款;補助金
They'd got a special grant to encourage research.
他們得到一筆用以鼓勵科研的特別經費。
Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.
很遺憾，我的助學金申請被拒絕了。
授予；給予
France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
法國已經同意給予他政治避難。
It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan.
是工黨政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的獨立。
（因視作理所當然而）不把…當回事，對…不予重視（或不知感激）
What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?
這家人有什么資格瞧不起我，馬丁？
The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
這些官員感到受了怠慢，于是大聲抱怨起來。
2、challenge
挑戰(zhàn);難題
I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.
我喜歡大的挑戰(zhàn)，而所有挑戰(zhàn)中再沒有比這更大的了。
The new government's first challenge is the economy.
新政府面臨的第一個難題是經濟問題。
(成功地)應對挑戰(zhàn)，迎接挑戰(zhàn)
The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.
一個嶄新的德國必須迎接挑戰(zhàn)，承擔更多的責任。
They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.
他們一個下午成功接待了80名學童。
懷疑，質疑(真實性、價值、權威等)
Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.
民主黨領袖對總統(tǒng)簽署這項法案提出了質疑。
The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics.
此項動議立即遭到其中兩個共和國的反對。
