grant 主要是“授予，賦予”， 也含有“同意， 批準” 這壹層意思。
grant 除了”同意，批準“外，往往還帶有實質性的物質獎勵。
請看下面兩個例子：
He is granted for a research fellowship. (帶有獎學金)
He is approved as a head of the department of chemistry.