4take something as givenBELIEVEto accept that something is true or exists, especially when you are developing an idea or argument 认为某事理所当然如此,认为某事是想当然〔尤用于得出观点〕
The fact that people find change difficult is taken as given.
taken as a given• The classicalanswer is simply that they are there; they are taken as given.• Classical economictheory denies that those characteristics can be taken as given.• In effect, they argue that the governmental agenda can not be taken as a given.• The number of firms in the manufacturingsector has been so far taken as given.• Here, aggression is taken as a given which must find some outlet.• In the art world, if not in mainstreammedia and media theory, the hardware is seldom taken as given.• Traditionally the supply of deposits was taken as given.