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grasping

/gras-ping, grahs-/US // ˈgræs pɪŋ, ˈgrɑs- //UK // (ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ) //

掌握,抓取,抓住,握紧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
    • : being used to grasp or tending to grasp; tenacious.

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Examples

  • Rounded ones, for example, can be hard for those with arthritis to grasp—and not everyone has hands with which to do the grasping.

  • The newborn box, for example, focuses on high contrast items and things that’ll make tummy time a little more fun, whereas later boxes bring in toys that help with finer motor skills like stacking and grasping.

  • But there is a big twist in this story that has left both Grace Castro and Lozoya frustrated and grasping for more answers.

  • Yet financialism can leave voters feeling queasy, and candidates grasping for answers.

  • The conforms of systemic racism have caused a precious grasping of your blackness that oft times seeks to destroy us.

  • After a first go through, they appear to be grasping for what to do next.

  • And that is the key to grasping how we Americans can and cannot take him seriously as a would-be political messiah.

  • She sat for a few minutes, looking abstractedly down, grasping the letter she had received.

  • During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.

  • It showed Black Hood's gauntlet covered right hand grasping the knife that was plunged into Joseph's throat.

  • "And thou hast saved our lives my brave lass," cried Rushmere, grasping her cold hand, which he was chafing in his own.

  • They demanded money, and were as grasping and cunning in their dealings as the most civilized Europeans.