艾伦秀第139期:塞尔玛游行

1、grant

拨款;补助金

They'd got a special grant to encourage research.

他们得到一笔用以鼓励科研的特别经费。

Unfortunately, my application for a grant was rejected.

很遗憾，我的助学金申请被拒绝了。

授予；给予

France has agreed to grant him political asylum.

法国已经同意给予他政治避难。

It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan.

是工党政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的独立。

（因视作理所当然而）不把…当回事，对…不予重视（或不知感激）

What right has the family to take me for granted, Martin?

这家人有什么资格瞧不起我，马丁？

The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.

这些官员感到受了怠慢，于是大声抱怨起来。

2、challenge

挑战;难题

I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.

我喜欢大的挑战，而所有挑战中再没有比这更大的了。

The new government's first challenge is the economy.

新政府面临的第一个难题是经济问题。

(成功地)应对挑战，迎接挑战

The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.

一个崭新的德国必须迎接挑战，承担更多的责任。

They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.

他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。

怀疑，质疑(真实性、价值、权威等)

Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.

民主党领袖对总统签署这项法案提出了质疑。

The move was immediately challenged by two of the republics.

此项动议立即遭到其中两个共和国的反对。