grasp
grasp 英 [grɑ:sp] 美 [græsp]
n. 抓住；理解；控制 v. 抓住；领会
进行时:grasping 过去式:grasped 过去分词:grasped 第三人称单数:grasps 名词复数:grasps
- To grasp is to get a hold of something, literally or figuratively. Grasp the grammar textbook with both hands and then read it to grasp the rules of the English language.
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- n. 抓住；理解；控制
- v. 抓住；领会
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1. He grasped my hand and shook it warmly.
他热情地抓住我的手握了起来。
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2. Kay grasped him by the wrist.
凯紧紧抓住他的手腕。
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3. They failed to grasp the importance of his words.
他们没有理解他的话的重要性。
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4. She was unable to grasp how to do it.
她弄不明白这事该怎么做。
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5. I grasped the opportunity to work abroad.
我毫不犹豫地抓住了去国外工作的机会。
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6. She grasped at his coat as he rushed past her.
他从她身边冲过去时，她使劲地向他的外衣抓去。
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7. She felt a firm grasp on her arm.
她感到手臂被紧紧地抓住了。
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8. He has a good grasp ofGerman grammar.
他德语语法掌握得很好。
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9. Success was within her grasp.
她有把握获得成功。
- grasp (n.) 1560s, "a handle," from grasp (v.). As "act of grasping" from c. 1600; also "power of grasping." Meaning "power of intellect" is from 1680s.
- grasp (v.) mid-14c., "to reach, grope, feel around," possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from Old English *græpsan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *grap-, *grab- (source also of East Frisian grapsen "to grasp," Middle Dutch grapen "to seize, grasp," Old English grapian "to touch, feel, grope"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (see grab (v.)). With verb-formative -s- as in cleanse. Sense of "seize" first recorded mid-16c. Transitive use by 17c. Figurative use from c. 1600; of intellectual matters from 1680s. Related: Grasped; grasping.
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