Word · Frequency #3973
grasp
理解；领会；掌握
To understand something fully.
- 1.
To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
抓牢；握紧(尤指用手)
- 2.
To understand.
理解；领会
- 3.
To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
抓住机会,利用某事物,把握时机。
抓住；紧握；抓住（机会）；把握；抓牢；握紧(尤指用手)；理解；领会；抓住机会,利用某事物,把握时机。
In use
She grasped the rope tightly to avoid falling.
It took me a while to grasp the main idea of the lecture.
The child grasped his mother's hand firmly in the crowd.
Verb forms
base grasp · third person grasps · -ing grasping · past grasped · past participle grasped
用于表示抓住或理解的动作，通常带宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- grasp the concept
- 理解概念
- The students soon grasped the concept of photosynthesis.学生们很快就理解了光合作用的概念。
- grasp the opportunity
- 抓住机会
- You need to grasp the opportunity before it slips away.你要在机会溜走之前抓住它。
- grasp the nettle
- 迎难而上
- It's time to grasp the nettle and have that difficult conversation.是时候迎难而上，进行那次艰难的谈话了。
- grasp at straws
- 抓救命稻草；做徒劳的挣扎
- After losing his job, he was grasping at straws with unrealistic business ideas.失业后，他用不切实际的商业想法胡乱抓救命稻草。
- grasp someone's hand
- 握住某人的手
- The child grasped her mother's hand in the crowded market.在拥挤的市场里，孩子紧紧抓住妈妈的手。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：想象手抓紧绳子（grasp），同时把知识点也牢牢抓紧在脑中——抓牢、理解、把握机会都可用它。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学或书面叙事、学术/教学讨论、正式演讲或商务场合 grasp 的语域因义项而异：表“抓握”多用于书面或文学描写；表“理解”较正式，常见于学习或学术场合；表“把握（机会）”多用于正式语境。日常口语中更常用 hold/grab、understand、seize 等词。
Grammar Note
及物动词，直接接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with grasp (pronounced /ɡræsp/) using the pronunciations shown: gasp, clasp, rasp, hasp, and asp all end with /-æsp/. Beware the lookalike wasp: though spelled with the same -asp ending, it is pronounced /wɑːsp/ (or /wɒsp/ in BrE) and does not rhyme with grasp.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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