3N-SING 紧抓;紧握 A grasp is a very firm hold or grip. 紧抓;紧握
His hand was taken in a warm, firm grasp.
他的手被热情地紧紧握住了。
4N-SING [with poss, oft in/fromN]掌握;控制 If you say that something is in someone's grasp, you disapprove of the fact that they possess or control it. If something slips from your grasp, you lose it or lose control of it. 掌握;控制
The people in your grasp are not guests, they are hostages.
你所控制的这些人不是客人,而是人质。
She allowed victory to slip from her grasp.
她让胜利从手中溜走了。
...the task of liberating a number of states from the grasp of tyrants.
将多个国家从暴君手中解放出来的任务
5VERB 理解;领悟;明白 If you grasp something that is complicated or difficult to understand, you understand it. 理解;领悟;明白
The Government has not yet grasped the seriousness of the crisis. [VERB noun]
政府当局还没有意识到这场危机的严重性。
He instantly grasped that Stephen was talking about his wife. [VERB that]
1holding sth抓住ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRASP | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤firm, tight (especially NAmE) 抓緊;緊握◇She felt a firm grasp on her hand.她感到手被緊緊抓住。VERB + GRASP➤slip from從手中滑落◇As she jumped forward, the ball slipped from her grasp.她向前跳躍時,球從她的手中滑落。➤escape, slip out of (usuallyfigurative) 逃脫/擺脫控制◇He slipped out of our grasp (= he escaped).他擺脫我們的控制逃走了。➤prise sth from, pry sth from, rip sth from, snatch sth from, wrench sth from, wrest sth from從手中撬走⋯;從手中撕扯走⋯;從手中搶走⋯;掰開手搶走⋯◇She wrenched the bottle from his grasp.她掰開他的手把瓶子搶走了。➤tighten (especially NAmE) 握緊PREPOSITION➤beyond your grasp夠不到◇The key was on a high shelf, just beyond her grasp.鑰匙在高高的架子上,她夠不着。➤in your grasp在⋯掌握之中◇He kept the letter firmly in his grasp.他緊緊地抓着那封信。➤from sb's grasp從某人手中◇The robber tried to free the case from her grasp.強盜試圖從她的手中奪走箱子。➤out of sb's grasp脫離某人的手◇She kicked the gun out of his grasp.她踢掉他手中的槍。➤within (your) grasp (oftenfigurative) 在(⋯)觸手可及之處◇Just when victory seemed within grasp, the referee blew his whistle.就在勝利似乎觸手可及之時,裁判的哨聲響了。grasp
noun²
2understanding理解ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRASP | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤firm, good, impressive, solid, strong扎實的知識;良好的理解;驚人的領悟力;透徹的理解;深刻的理解➤feeble, limited, poor, shaky, tenuous淺薄的/有限的/很差的/不扎實的/膚淺的理解▸➤intellectual理解能力◇The task was beyond the intellectual grasp of some of the students.這項作業超出了一些學生的理解能力。➤intuitive基於直覺的認識◇We have no intuitive grasp of the immensity of time.我們對時間的無限性沒有什麼感性認識。VERB + GRASP➤have理解⋯▸➤get掌握◇Working with native speakers helped me get a good grasp of the language.同操本族語的人一起工作幫助我很好地掌握了這門語言。PREPOSITION➤beyond sb's grasp超出某人的理解◇These ideas are all beyond his grasp.他完全無法理解這些觀點。➤within sb's grasp在某人的理解範圍內▸➤grasp of對⋯的掌握◇a poor grasp of mathematics數學方面的領悟力不高grasp
verb¹
1take hold of sb/sth suddenly and firmly突然抓住ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤firmly, tightly緊握PREPOSITION➤at抓着⋯◇Her hands were grasping at his coat.她雙手抓着他的大衣。➤by抓住⋯◇She grasped him tightly by the wrist.她緊緊地抓住他的手腕。PHRASES➤grasp hold of sb/sth抓住⋯◇She grasped hold of the banister to support herself.她抓住樓梯扶手以支撑自己的身體。grasp
verb²
2understand sth理解ADVERB | VERB + GRASPADVERB➤fully完全理解◇He had not fully grasped the fact that he was the one who would pay for all this.他還沒有完全明白他要獨自承擔這一切代價。➤not quite, not really並非完全/沒有真正領會◇I hadn't really grasped what they were talking about.我沒有真正明白他們在談論什麼。➤quickly很快地掌握▸➤easily, readily容易理解;易於掌握◇a means by which students can more easily grasp the basics of science更有利於學生掌握科學基本原理的方法VERB + GRASP➤try to試圖理解▸➤be unable to, fail to不能理解;無法領會◇She failed to grasp the significance of these facts.她無法理解這些事實的重要性。➤quick to迅速理解◇He was quick to grasp the basic principles.他很快掌握了基本原則。➤be difficult to, be hard to難以掌握◇Some of these concepts are very difficult to grasp.這些概念中有的難以理解。
grasp verb ⇨hold (grasp sb's hand)⇨understand1 (grasp a concept)grasp noun ⇨control (maintain your grasp of the situation)⇨understanding (a good grasp of the facts)