take … for granted 认为……理所应当

　　释义

　　If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.

　　例句

　　Many Americans seem to take U.S. supremacy in the world for granted.

　　GRE

　　Such a “sociodemographic” approach tends to regard assimilation as a benign process, taking for granted increased economic advantage and inevitable cultural integration, in a supposedly egalitarian context.

　　这种“社会人口学”的方法倾向于将同化看成所谓平等主义框架下一种缓和、友好的过程，把上升的经济优势和不可避免的文化融合视作理所应当。