2power 权力 [singular]CONTROL power and control over someone or something 〔对某人或某事物的〕控制
have/keep a grip on something
Stalin’s determination to keep an iron grip on Eastern Europe
斯大林对东欧实行铁腕控制的决心
tighten/loosen/relax your grip (on something)
By 1979 South Africa was tightening its grip on Namibia.
到了1979年,南非加强了对纳米比亚的控制。
tight/firm/strong/iron etc grip
The recession could be avoided if business keeps a firm grip on its costs.
企业如果严格控制成本就可以避免不景气。
3understanding 理解 [singular] an understanding of something 理解,了解
have/get a grip on something
I’m just trying to get a grip on what’s happening.
我就是想了解出了什么事。
She was losing her grip on reality.
她对现实世界越来越不理解。
4come/get to grips with somethingto understand or deal with something difficult 了解[应付]难事
I’ve never really got to grips with this new technology.
我从来没有真正了解这种新技术。
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come/get to grips with something• The wholeprogram works very well, I still seem to have problems in getting to grips with some areas.• BInstitutions are just now coming to grips with the consequences.• Neither Jantzen nor McFague really gets to grips with the philosophicalissues involved.• Now he's getting to grips with his injuries.• At that time, she was still coming to grips with her unexpectedplunge into social activism.• In my view this is an evasion of the teacher's duty to enablepupils to get to grips withacademiclanguage.• We are still trying to come to grips with the problems identified by the Romantics.• Tutorials on disk are the latest way to get to grips with problem areas.
5lose your gripFAILto become less confident and less able to deal with a situation 驾驭不住,失去控制
I don’t know what’s the matter; I think I’m losing my grip.
我不知道是怎么回事,我觉得我要控制不住了。
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lose your grip• Whilst cutting her gardenhedge with a chainsaw one recentsummer, a woman slipped and lost her grip.• Niyazov does not appear to be losing his grip.• He began a forlornfinal game by losing his grip on the racketaltogether.• Half way through, the filmloses its grip on the day-to-dayreality in Northern Ireland.• Unfortunately, lately her mother seems to have lost her grip on reality.• He lost his grip and fell into the car's path.• They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip.• I had made loops to go over her wrists, I told her, so that she wouldn't lose her grip.• If Perelman succeeded, Gutfreund, for the first time, would lose his grip on the firm.
get/take a grip on yourself• I got a grip on myself and made it back to my office.• He must take a grip on himself.• I must get a grip on myself, she told herself firmly.• She took a grip on herself, physically pushed back the dark, claustrophobic horror at the point of drowning.• I had to get a grip on myself and put this wholewretched business behind me.• Damn you, get a grip on yourself.
7get a gripspoken used in order to tell someone to control their emotions 冷静点
8be in the grip of somethingSUFFERto be experiencing a very unpleasant situation that cannot be controlled or stopped 处于某种困境
a country in the grip of famine
受饥荒困扰的国家
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be in the grip of something• Arizona is in the grip of one of its most severedryspells of the past century.• Berlin is in the grip of a heatwave.• He had only a tinyparliamentarymajority, and Britain was in the grip of another economiccrisis.• The country was in the grip of economic depression, and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.• He was in the grip of severe constipation and was only eatingfruit in an effort to clear himself out.• To hear some people talk you might imagine that the Republicanpartyis in the grip of rightwing conservative zealots.• When she spoke of Zbigniew Shapira it was as if she was in the grip of a mania.• You are in the grip of an obsession.
9stop STH slipping 制止某物滑动
a)[countableC]STICK a special part of a handle that has a roughsurface so that you can hold it firmly without it slipping 把手,手柄,握杆
My racquet needs a new grip.
我的球拍需要换个握柄。
b)[singular, uncountableU]STICK the ability of something to stay on a surface without slipping 黏力,防滑力
boots which give a good grip
防滑力强的靴子
10.for hair 用于头发 [countableC]British EnglishBrEDCB a hairgrip 发夹
11.cameraman 摄影师 [countableC] technicalBOAM someone whose job is to move the cameras around while a television show or film is being made 〔拍摄电视节目或电影时的〕操控摄像[摄影]机的工作人员
12.bag 袋, 包 [countableC] old-fashionedDLT a bag or case used for travelling 旅行袋,旅行箱
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a firm/tight grip
The streets were crowded and she kept a tight grip on her bag.
a strong grip
Maggie took the boy's arm in a strong grip.
a good grip (=a grip with which you can keep hold of something)
The rocks were wet and slippery and it was difficult to get a good grip.
an iron/vice-like grip (=a very strong grip)
Victor took hold of her wrist in an iron grip.
verbs
have a grip
You need to have a good grip on your tennis racket.
get a grip (=hold something that is hard to hold firmly)
I got a good grip on the rope and pulled myself up.
take a grip
Mitch took a firm grip on her arm.
tighten your grip/your grip tightens (=hold something more tightly)
She tightened her grip on her son’s hand.
loosen/relax your grip (=hold something less tightly)
Lee loosened his grip on the dog’s collar.
release your grip (=let go of something)
The guard released his grip on the prisoner and pushed him into the cell.
lose your grip (=accidentally let go of something)
He shoved Higgins out of the way without losing his grip on the gun.
released ... grip• Emilia sighed and released her grip.• For a split second, Constance failed to realise that he had released his grip on her.• Virginia Stillman released her grip on the chair and put her right hand under her chin.• Benton, in his terror, released his grip on her waist.
tight/firm/strong/iron etc grip• It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding.• In fact, he was getting a stronger grip on himself as he went along.• It's safe but you need to have a firm grip to cut a 13-ampflex.• He has held a strong grip over all matters at the club, from choosing the team to financialdealings.• I keep a firm grip on my hat and stare into the blusteryabyss.• However, Dorset took a firm gripdeclaring at 202-3 in 54.3 overs.• I took a firm grip on the wheel as I scented some-thing.• The humans had grown their wintercoats, and the high buildingstrembled in the tight grip of their stressequations.
losing ... grip• Even if front and rear wheels are losing grip, the unitfavors the set with the least amount of grab.• Niyazov does not appear to be losing his grip.• He began a forlornfinal game by losing his grip on the racketaltogether.• They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip.• Too many other people were involved and he felt he was losing his grip.• He was losing his grip on reality.• Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality.
grip2 ●●○ verb (gripped, gripping)
1hold tightly 紧紧抓住 [transitiveT]HOLD to hold something very tightly 紧握,紧抓
I gripped the rail and tried not to look down.
我紧紧抓住栏杆,尽量不往下看。
grip something tightly/firmly
The woman moved closer to Beth, gripping her arm tightly.
那个女人走近贝丝,紧紧抓住她的胳膊。
2have a strong effect 有很大的影响 [transitiveT]EFFECT/INFLUENCE to have a strong effect on someone or something 对…具有强烈影响
a country gripped by economic problems
深受经济问题困扰的国家
Panic suddenly gripped me when it was my turn to speak.
轮到我说话时,我一下子惊慌起来。
3interest SB 使某人感兴趣 [transitiveT]INTERESTED to hold someone’s attention and interest 使感兴趣,吸引…的注意
a story that really grips you
扣人心弦的故事
4not slip 不滑动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STICK if something grips a surface, it stays on it without slipping 紧附于〔某表面而不滑动〕
grip• The university's campus is gripped by fear due to the two recentmurders.• I was gripped by the tragic stories of his childhood.• A cool hand gripped him under each armpit.• She must have been six-teen or seventeen, and looked out at him with a poignancy that gripped his heart.• She found his hand and gripped it tightly.• Icycoldweather has gripped most of the EastCoast.• But he gripped my arm and I was gagged and bound.• David suddenly gripped my arm and pulled me away from the road.• One hand gripped my neck as he slowly entered me.• Five or six sparrows instantly alighted on my arms and head, gripping my skin with their bony little claws.• I gripped the banister and swung myself head over heels, then came out on the roof of a tower.• His knuckleswhitened as he gripped the microphone.• The state has become a microcosm of the economic change that has gripped the nation.• The car has wide tyres which grip the road really well.• Her long fingers gripped the spoon so tightly her knuckles were white.• He gripped the steering wheel firmly as he sped up to get on the freeway.
1hold on sth握住ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRIP | GRIP + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤firm, good, secure, solid, strong, tight緊握;抓緊;抓牢;牢牢握住;用力握住▸➤crushing, death, iron, painful, vice-like/vise-like使勁的一握;致命的一抓;鋼鐵般牢固的掌握;使人疼痛的一抓;虎鉗似的抓牢◇Her upper arms were seized in an iron grip.她的上臂被牢牢地抓住了。➤gentle, loose, weak溫柔的/鬆鬆的/無力的一握➤comfortable令人舒服的一握VERB + GRIP➤have抓住◇He still had a firm grip on my arm.他仍然牢牢地抓着我的胳膊。➤get, take抓住;握緊◇Taking a tight grip on the hook, he began to pull it closer.他緊緊地抓住鈎子,開始朝自己的方向拉。➤keep抓住不放手◇Keep a secure grip on the rope at all times.任何時候都要牢牢抓住繩子。➤lose鬆手◇She slipped and lost her grip of the rope.她滑倒了,繩子從手中滑脫。➤strengthen, tighten握得更用力;抓得更緊◇Robert tightened his grip on her shoulder.羅伯特把她的肩膀抓得更緊了。➤loose, loosen, relax, release, slacken放鬆抓緊的手;放開手➤adjust, change, shift掉換/改變/變換抓緊的手GRIP + VERB➤tighten握得更緊◇She felt his grip tighten painfully on her wrist.她感覺他把她的手腕抓得更緊了,很疼。➤loosen, relax, slacken抓緊的手鬆開;手放鬆◇His grip slackened and she tore herself away.他的手一鬆,她便掙脫開來。PREPOSITION➤in a/sb's grip在⋯手中◇Hold the microphone in a firm grip.緊緊握住麥克風。◇She was powerless in his iron grip.被他鋼鐵般牢固的大手抓住,她毫無掙扎之力。➤grip on對⋯的緊握◇She relaxed her grip on the door frame.她鬆開了抓住門框的手。PHRASES➤break sb's grip掙脫某人的控制◇He finally broke her grip and escaped.他最後掙脫她的控制,跑掉了。grip
noun²
2power/control力量;掌握ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRIP | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤firm, iron, powerful, strong, tight, vice-like/vise-like牢牢的控制;鋼鐵一般的力量;強有力的掌握;虎鉗似的控制➤tenuous不穩固的控制◇She has a tenuous grip on reality.她把握現實的能力很弱。➤death, icy死死/牢牢抓住VERB + GRIP➤have控制◇The Church does not have a strong grip on the population.教會並未牢牢控制住民眾。➤get, take控制;支配◇The government needs to get a grip on this problem.政府需要掌控住這一難題。◇Get a grip! (= take control of yourself, your life, etc.) (informal) 把握好你自己!➤keep, maintain保持/維持控制◇We need to keep a tight grip on costs.我們需要嚴格控制成本。➤strengthen, tighten加強控制◇They managed to strengthen their grip on the southern part of the country.他們加強了對該國南部的控制。➤loosen放鬆控制▸➤lose (informal) 失去控制◇Sometimes I feel I'm losing my grip (= losing control of my life, etc.).有時我感到自己要失去控制了。PREPOSITION➤in sth's grip在⋯控制之下◇Winter still held them in its iron grip.嚴冬依然肆虐。◇a country in the grip of recession被經濟衰退困擾的國家➤grip on對⋯的控制◇The government does not seem to have a very firm grip on the economy.政府似乎無法控制住經濟。PHRASES➤come to grips with sth, get to grips with sth (= to begin to take control of sth or understand sth difficult)開始控制⋯;慢慢理解⋯◇I'm slowly getting to grips with the language.我正在慢慢地掌握這種語言。grip
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤firmly, hard, tightly牢牢抓住;用力抓住;緊握▸➤gently, lightly, loosely溫柔地握住;輕輕抓住;鬆鬆地握住PREPOSITION➤at抓住⋯◇She gripped hard at the arms of her chair.她緊緊抓住椅子的扶手。➤by抓住⋯◇He gripped her gently by the shoulders.他輕輕地抓住她的肩膀。