A test I was given in college ……的given是什么意思?

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A test I was given in college ……的given是什么意思?
整一句是A test I was given in college required me to answer in furlongs.
个人觉得A test I was in college required me to answer in furlongs.更顺口,表义也没有问题,不过我英语水平实在是……所以语法上有没有错就不知道了.但是我见过这样的句子:
The statistics were given in parenthesis.
统计数字在括号里.
这里的given同样没明白是什么意思.
注:furlongs是弗隆,相当于201米的长度单位.这句话出自《physical modeling for game programmers》这本书,讲述物理引擎的.

A test I was given in college required me to answer in furlongs.大学里的一次考试要求我就弗隆单位作答.given少不了的,是被动语态,意思为“被给予的”,i was given in college为定于从句,修饰test,表示“我参加...