given 考虑到 是介词，为什么后面可以跟that引导的从句？

given 考虑到 是介词，为什么后面可以跟that引导的从句？

楼主理解的很好，despite是介词，不能跟that从句，但可以跟despite the fact that
根据牛津的解释：given是介词，跟名词；given that相当于连词，自然可以跟从句了
牛津原文是：given that： conjunction: e.g.： It was surprising the government was re-elected, given that they had raised taxes so much.

介词后面是可以跟从句的, 如despite that, in that......追问despite 后面是不可以直接跟从句的， 但可以despite the fact that, 此时that 引导的同位语从句。 in that 是固定短语，不然只能将given that 也当做固定搭配来理解了，不太好理解。追答你可以把它当成过去分词，其实这样的词还有：providing, provided, considering, concerning
它们的词性基本上都从分词变成介词来使用了，都有跟that的用法。