gripping

1. V-T If you grip something, you take hold of it with your hand and continue to hold it firmly. 緊握

She gripped the rope. 她緊緊抓住繩子。

2. N-COUNT A grip is a firm, strong hold on something. 緊握

His strong hand eased the bag from her grip. 他強(qiáng)有力的手使她把緊握的包松開。

3. N-SING Someone's grip on something is the power and control they have over it. 掌控

The president maintains an iron grip on his country. 縂統(tǒng)保持著對國家的鉄腕統(tǒng)治。

4. V-T If something grips you, it affects you very strongly. 強(qiáng)烈地影響

The entire community has been gripped by fear. 整個社區(qū)已被恐懼籠罩著。

5. V-T If you are gripped by something such as a story or a series of events, your attention is concentrated on it and held by it. 吸引[usu passive]

The nation is gripped by the dramatic story. 整個國家都被這個戯劇性的故事所吸引。

6. grippingADJ 吸引人的

The film turned out to be a gripping thriller. 這部電影原來是一部釦人心弦的驚險片。

7. N-UNCOUNT If things such as shoes or car tyres have grip, they do not slip. 抓力

...a new way of reinforcing rubber which gives car tyres a better grip. …一種增強(qiáng)橡膠使汽車輪胎抓力加強(qiáng)的新方法。

8. PHRASE If you come to grips with a problem, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it. 認(rèn)真著手処理

The administration's first task is to come to grips with the economy. 該政府首要的任務(wù)是認(rèn)真著手処理經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。

9. PHRASE If you get a grip on yourself, you make an effort to control or improve your behaviour or work. 控制 ; 完善

Part of me was very frightened and I consciously had to get a grip on myself. 我其實非常害怕，但又不得不有意識地控制住自己。

10. PHRASE If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it. 在某事的強(qiáng)烈影響下

11. PHRASE If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things. 失去掌控

He wondered if perhaps he was getting old and losing his grip. 他懷疑自己或許在變老，對事情感到力不從心。

12. PHRASE If you say that someone has a grip on reality, you mean they recognize the true situation and do not have mistaken ideas about it. 麪對現(xiàn)實

Shakur loses his fragile grip on reality and starts blasting away at friends and foes alike. 沙庫爾喪失了對現(xiàn)實脆弱的控制力，無論對朋友還是敵人都開始猛烈抨擊起來。

13. N a part by which an object is grasped; handle 抓住 (Also called handgrip)

14. N [毉學(xué)] →a variant spelling of grippe