for granted

If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him.

假设它不要自认一切都是理所当然的，乌龟是不行能打败它的。

Everyone would just take it for granted we'd been invited. I mean, we've both just as prominent as Sandra and Don, or any of the others.

大家都会认为我们当然是应邀而来，我是说，咱们俩跟桑德拉和唐，或是任何其他人比，与他们一样出众。

She took it for granted that you knew the matter.

她想当然地认为你知道那件事。

I took it for granted you knew, but if I had spent as much time talking with you as I did polishing chrome, perhaps I would have.

我满以为你早就知道了，但要是以前我也用那样多的时间和你交谈，或许会向你说这些的。

Yes, if you only had 1 of these tables on a page, you could take for granted that this would exist only once.

当然，如果页面上仅有一个表，那么您就可以确定它是唯一的。

Weak and lethargic still, hardly able to talk, he appeared to take the luxurious treatment quite for granted.

他还衰弱，渴睡，几乎不能说话。他对这种优待似乎受之无愧。

In a shadow of a death raid, I can meet you and feel more intensely alive than walking around in peacetime and taking my life for granted.

在死亡空袭的阴影下我能遇到你，这比在和平时期到处漠然闲逛更能让我体会到生命的重要性。

He took for granted all that his parents did for him.

父母为他做的一切他都认为是天经地义的。

But because Americans often take this right for granted, it has not always been exercised as fully as it should be.

但是，美国人往往把选举权视为理所当然，因而未给予它应有的充分运用。

He took that for granted that his father would come to his help if he got into trouble.

他理所当然地认为如果他遇到麻烦他的父亲一定会帮助他。

Global warming, a heated topic of today, is often taken for granted to be responsible for the harsh weather.

全球变暖是现在的热门话题，常常理所当然地被看成恶劣气候的罪魁祸首。

He never praised his wife, and he just took her for granted.

他从来没有表扬过他老婆，他只是觉得那是他老婆应该做的。

He took God's power for granted, and went up with his infantry regiments, his horsemen by the thousands, and his eighty elephants.

他毫不想天主的威能，而只信赖他的几万步兵，数千骑兵和八十匹象。

Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted.

这儿有一半的孩子生活在贫困线下，没有我们觉得理所应当的服务和便利。

Eg. He took it for granted that he would win the game, but he failed.

他想当然地以为他能赢得比赛，结果却输了。

I was shocked to see me, but she seems to be taken for granted, but it struck lower part of the body.

我被吓了一跳，看到我时她却似乎习以为常，只是半蹲下身子而已。

But even when fit, the Swiss centre back is not taking his place in the Arsenal starting line-up for granted.

但是即使他身体无恙，瑞士中后卫也不认为他理所当然应该获得首发。

Working hard is often required of us, but taking time out for fun is taken for granted.

我们经常要求努力工作，但是留出一点时间来玩也是理所当然的事情。

This point tends to be taken for granted by Americans and disbelieved by others.

关于此点，美国人认为这是理所当然，但其他人却难以苟同。

We take it for granted that the most popular language on the Internet is English, since, after all, the Internet was an American creation.

爱思英语编者按：我们一贯认为，互联网上最常使用的语言应该是英语，想想好像是，毕竟互联网是美国人发明的。