grasp是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly -- 抓緊，握緊

  • Rosie suddenly grasped my hand. 羅茜突然抓住了我的手。

  • We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries. 我們必須把握住一切機會加強與其他國家的經濟聯繫。

• 1 to understand something, especially something difficult -- 理解，領悟，明白（尤指費解之事）

  • I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture. 我覺得我理解到演講的要點。

  • The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem. 政府已經承認很多人無家可歸是個問題，但還沒有意識到問題的嚴重性。

• 2 the act of holding onto someone or something -- 緊抓，緊握，抓牢

  • He shook my hand with a very firm grasp. 他非常有力地和我握了握手。

  • The presidency at last looked within her grasp (= it looked possible that she might become president). 終於，總裁的職位對她來說似乎伸手可及。

  • Why is success always beyond my grasp (= impossible to get)? 為甚麼我總是功敗垂成？

  • The gold medal slipped from his grasp (= he was unable to get it) in the last moments of the race. 在比賽最後一刻他與金牌失之交臂。

  • I sometimes think that he's losing his grasp on reality (= his ability to judge what is real and what is not). 有時我覺得他認不清現實。

• 3 understanding -- 理解

  • He has a good grasp of the issues. 他對這些問題非常瞭解。