Translation

• as it should be by rights (idiom)
• proper and to be expected as a matter of course
• inevitable and right

Synonyms

• 不无道理, 入情入理, 合情, 合情合理, 合理, 合理合法, 合理性, 在理, 客体, 客观, 情理之中, 成立, 有理, 站住, 站得住, 说得过去, 象话, 靠边
• 义不容辞, 义无返顾, 分内, 匹夫有责, 在所不辞, 当仁不让, 本分, 本本分分, 本职, 责无旁贷, 非君莫属
• 当, 当然, 本, 本来, 自, 自是, 自然

Examples

• 我理所当然认为你会站在我这边。
  I took it for granted that you were on my side.
• 现在言论自由被当作是理所当然的事。
  Freedom of speech is now taken as a matter of course.
• 我理所当然地认为他会履行诺言。
  I took it for granted that he would keep his word.
• 我们视健康为理所当然， 直到疾病侵袭。
  We take health for granted until illness intervenes.
• 我们认为他的生意理所当然会获得成功。
  We take it for granted that he will succeed in his business.