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本期节目的topic: 对某人无感激之心,视某事为理所当然
在这个看似温暖的时间,很多人觉得人情味越来越淡,很多人不懂得感恩,不懂得感激,总会习惯地把拥有的东西看作是理所当然。
If you say that someone takes you for granted, you are complaining that they benefit from your help, efforts, or presence without showing that they are grateful.
take someone for granted就是指把别人的付出看作是理所当然,不懂感激。
例句:He felt that he was taken for granted.
他觉得别人对他的付出不懂感激。
If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
而take something for granted指把东西看作理所当然,不懂珍惜。
例句:Teenagers tend to take what they own for granted.
青少年常常把他们拥有的东西看作是理所当然。