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grant [someone] a fief
grant 后接人作间接宾语，再接封地作直接宾语。
The king granted him a fief.
国王赐予他一块封地。
封地；采邑
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封地；采邑
fief
The king granted him a fief.
国王赐予他一块封地。
庄园的同义词:作为所有者行使领主式控制的区域的土地。
Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
封建制度下持有的一块土地
a piece of land held under the feudal system
领土、领地或行使控制权的区域,尤其指公司或政府官僚机构中的势力范围。
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
The knight received a fief from the king in return for his military service.
骑士因服兵役而从国王那里获得一块封地。
In medieval Europe, a fief could be passed from father to son.
在中世纪的欧洲，封地可以父子相传。
The lord managed his fief carefully, collecting taxes from the peasants.
领主精心管理他的采邑，向农民征收赋税。
grant 后接人作间接宾语，再接封地作直接宾语。
The king granted him a fief.
国王赐予他一块封地。
receive ... from 表示从领主处获得封地。
He received a fief from the duke.
他从公爵那里获得了一块封地。
fief 是可数名词，复数形式为 fiefs。
The land was a fief of the bishop.
这片土地是主教的封地。
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The knight was granted fief by the king.
Use this
The knight was granted a fief by the king.
fief 是可数名词，表示“封地”时单数形式前需要加冠词（a/the）。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉，所以应说 a fief。
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The baron received a fief land from the king.
Use this
The baron received a fief from the king.
fief 本身已含“土地”之意（a piece of land），再加 land 造成语义重复，直接用 fief 即可。
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He became the lord of a small feif.
Use this
He became the lord of a small fief.
fief 的正确拼写是 f-i-e-f，符合“i 在 e 前”的规则；feif 是常见的把 ie 写成 ei 的拼写错误，应更正为 fief。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
持有封地
In the Middle Ages, a vassal could hold a fief from his lord.
在中世纪，封臣可以从领主那里持有封地。
授予封地
The king granted a fief to his most loyal knight.
国王把一块封地授予他最忠诚的骑士。
世袭封地
The title and the hereditary fief passed to his eldest son.
爵位和世袭封地传给了他的长子。
国王赐予的封地
He treated the fief from the king as his own property.
他把国王赐予的封地当作自己的财产。
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把 fief 记成“肥封地”：封建领主赐给下属的肥沃封地。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、academic discussion fief 是正式、偏历史/学术的词汇，通常用于历史叙述、学术讨论或文学作品中，日常口语中很少使用。
这 6 个词与 fief /fif/ 押韵，都含 /iːf/ 音。拼写结尾常见三种：-ief（chief、thief、grief、belief）、-eaf（leaf）、-eef（beef）。注意不要被拼写迷惑：fierce /fɪrs/ 和 fiery /ˈfaɪəri/ 虽以 fie- 开头，但发音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.