grab
v. 攫取; 搶奪; 抓住(機會); 匆忙取; 賺取
n. 攫取,爭取; 抓取的影象
If you grab something, you take it or pick it up suddenly and roughly.
I managed to grab her hand...
我抓到了她的手。
I grabbed him by the neck.
我掐住他的脖子。
If you grab at something, you try to grab it.
He was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred's arms.
他笨手笨腳地想抓住艾爾弗雷德的手臂。
If you grab someone who is walking past, you succeed in getting their attention.
Grab that waiter, Mary Ann.
瑪麗·安,叫那位侍者過來。
If you grab someone's attention, you do something in order to make them notice you.
I jumped on the wall to grab the attention of the crowd.
為了吸引那群人的注意,我縱身躍上牆頭。
If you grab something such as food, drink, or sleep, you manage to get some quickly.
Grab a beer.
拿瓶啤酒來。
If you grab something such as a chance or opportunity, or grab at it, you take advantage of it eagerly.
She grabbed the chance of a job interview...
她抓住了一次求職面試的機會。
He grabbed at the opportunity to buy his castle.
他抓住機會買下了他的城堡。
A grab for something such as power or fame is an attempt to gain it.
...a grab for personal power.
對個人權力的巧取豪奪
If something is up for grabs, it is available to anyone who is interested.
The famous Ritz hotel is up for grabs for £100m.
著名的里茲飯店開價1億英鎊供各方競購。
1. a mechanical device for gripping an object
2. the act of catching an object with the hands;
1. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;
2. get hold of or seize quickly and easily;
3. make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;
4. obtain illegally or unscrupulously;
5. take or grasp suddenly;
6. capture the attention or imagination of;
take, grasp, grab, grip, clasp, clutch, snatch, seize
這些動詞均有"抓住,握緊"之意。
up for grabs
(非正式)可利用的;可得到的
up for grabs&I{【俚語】}
可得的,易得的:任何人都能取得或贏取的
How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?
你對於到西班牙去度假這個主意感興趣 嗎 ?
Make sure you grab a lifejacket. Have you ever been in a canoe before?
記得帶救生衣. 你曾劃過獨木舟 嗎 ?
Squirrels hop up and grab on to an ear of corn suspended above the ground.
松鼠跳起來,抓住了懸空的玉米穗.
These direct advertisers know how to grab the consumers'attention, and prey on people's impulses.
這些直銷廣告商們知道如何吸引消費者的眼球, 引起人們的消費慾.
He made a grab at the purse.
他去奪那個錢包.