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grab

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grab1 /ɡræb/ ●●● S1 W3 verb (grabbed, grabbing) [transitiveT]
1  with your hand 用手TAKE something FROM somebodyTAKE something FROM SOMEWHERE to take hold of someone or something with a sudden or violent movement 攫取，抓住 SYN snatch
I grabbed my bag and ran off.
我抓起我的包就跑。
Two men grabbed her and pushed her to the ground.
兩名男子抓住她，把她推倒在地上。
Kay grabbed hold of my arm to stop herself falling.
凱抓住我的手臂，以免自己摔倒。
grab something from somebody/something
I managed to grab the gun from Bowen.
我從鮑恩手裏把槍奪了過來。
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2  food/sleep 食品/睡覺 informalEATSLEEP to get some food or sleep quickly because you are busy 〔因忙碌而〕趕緊，抓緊〔吃或睡〕 SYN snatch
Why don’t you go and grab some sleep?
你爲什麽不趕緊去睡一會兒呢？
Hang on while I grab a cup of coffee.
稍等一下，我趕緊弄杯咖啡喝。
Let’s grab a bite to eat before we go.
我們走之前趕緊吃點什麽吧。
3  get STH for yourself 爲自己獲取某物UNFAIR to get something for yourself, sometimes in an unfair way 霸佔，撈取，強奪
Try to get there early and grab good seats.
盡量早點去，搶個好位子。
Bob tried to grab all the profit.
鮑勃想獨吞全部利潤。
4  chance/opportunity 機會CHANCE/BY CHANCE (also grab at something) informal to take an opportunity, accept an invitation etc immediately 抓住〔機會〕；接受〔邀請等〕
I think you should grab your chance to travel while you’re young.
我覺得你應該趁年輕抓緊機會旅遊。
She grabbed the opportunity to go to America.
她抓住了這個赴美的機會。
Melanie grabbed at the invitation to go.
梅拉妮連忙接受了邀請。
This is our chance to grab a slice of this new market.
這是我們在這個新市場上搶佔一席之地的機會。
5  get attention 吸引注意 to get someone’s attention 吸引〔某人的注意〕
The book is full of good ideas to grab your students’ attention.
這本書裏通篇都是如何吸引學生注意力的好方法。
The plight of the refugees immediately grabbed the headlines (=was the most important story in the newspapers).
難民的困境立即成了報紙的頭條新聞。
n6. information to take information on a computer, website etc
7  how does something grab you? spokenINTERESTED used to ask someone if they would be interested in doing a particular thing 你對某事是否有興趣？
How does the idea of a trip to Spain grab you?
你對去西班牙旅行的想法感興趣嗎？
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how does something grab you?• How does going to Hawaii for Christmas grab you?
8 grab at/for something phrasal verbphr v TAKE something FROM SOMEWHEREto quickly and suddenly put out your hand to try and catch or get something 〔迅速伸手〕抓住
I grabbed at the glass just before it fell.
眼看杯子就要翻倒，我趕緊伸手去抓。
Lucy grabbed for the money.
露西伸手去搶錢。
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grab at/for • Tula residents grabbed at cash offered in return for forms they had filled in.• A lot of people grab for family photographs.• She reached for the.38 jammed into her waistband, trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat.• Lucy grabbed for it; she was choking with the grip on her throat.• Both parties are grabbing for it.• He grabbed at the barrel and fell with it so that the power of the big man was added to his own strength.• He follows through with his right, wasting no time on punches, just grabbing for the gun.• And felt grabbed at the shoulder.
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grab• The firm is trying to grab a share of the market from competitors.• It also allows the owner of a registered trademark to complain if its name has been grabbed by somebody else.• It was chaos, everyone was just grabbing drinks from behind the bar.• She turned to him and grabbed his arm so hard it surprised him.• The boy grabbed hold of my bag and disappeared quickly into the crowd.• Henderson grabbed it, and avoided several Trojans by putting it around his back.• From time to time she glanced suspiciously around as if afraid some one might try to grab it off her.• I'm going to run downstairs and grab some books and stuff - I'll be right back.• Could you get there early and grab some good seats for us?• He also expects that farmers who shoot will grab such an opportunity.• We move on, with me grabbing the back spot.• A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw, and Jason Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.• I grabbed the door handle, pulled the door open against the force of the wind, and ran up the stairs.• According to the report, Mason grabbed the gun from a friend.• Brown grabbed the phone and started shouting.• The Bruins committed myriad mistakes and the Avalanche grabbed their 3-0 lead on only nine shots.• Grab your coat, we're late.
grab something from somebody/something• Stuart grabbed a flashlight from his car.
grab ... chance• John Champagne and Bob Guadiana grabbed their chance to lead the way as 1991 drew to a close.
grabbed the headlines• But it was the dynamic sexuality of her act that grabbed the headlines and confirmed her arrival as a new musical siren.
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grab2 noun
1  make a grab for/at something TAKE something FROM somebodyTAKE something FROM SOMEWHEREto suddenly try to take hold of something 抓取某物
As soon as he turned his back, I made a grab for the revolver.
趁着他一轉身的機會，我趕緊去抓手槍。
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make a grab for/at something• The realization felt as if the world had made a grab at him.• She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her.• He made a grab for the knife.• He made a grab for Isaac, but wasn't quick enough.• Then Rose made a grab for Evelyn's hair and started banging her head against the floor with both hands.
2. be up for grabs informalAVAILABLE if a job, prize, opportunity etc is up for grabs, it is available for anyone who wants to try to have it 〔工作、獎金、機會等〕等待你去爭取[赢取]
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be up for grabs• The lower house of Congress also is up for grabs in the July elections.• Regional and runners-up prizes will also be up for grabs.• Before long the entire paper industry is up for grabs.• But the software, particularly the interface, was up for grabs.• Howe said Doug Johns is his fifth starter, but the fourth slot is up for grabs.• I had some memorable test drives after buying a dozen 6R4s when they were up for grabs at the factory.• This is the process whereby every scrap of green land in a town is up for grabs by development.• Canary Wharf was up for grabs.
3  [countableC]T the act of getting something quickly, especially in a dishonest way 奪取，搶奪
a shameless power grab to eliminate opposition
爲清除反對派而搶班奪權的無恥行爲
Officials denounced the settlers’ land grab.
官員譴責拓荒者搶奪土地的行爲。
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grab• She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her.• Howe said Doug Johns is his fifth starter, but the fourth slot is up for grabs.• I had some memorable test drives after buying a dozen 6R4s when they were up for grabs at the factory.• In the past fortnight war veterans have begun more land grabs.• The defender does this by suddenly splitting his X block and converting it to a double open-palm grab.• Hamilton's actions were nothing more than a power grab within the company.
land grab• Monta o accuses the city of deliberately forcing the neighborhood to go downhill, the better to justify a future land grab.• In the past fortnight war veterans have begun more land grabs.• If these incorporations fail, Marana and Oro Valley land grabs will continue.
From Longman Business Dictionary
grabgrab1 /græb/ verb (grabbed, grabbing) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
to take or obtain something that other people also want
Both companies are looking to grab a share of the overseas market.
grabgrab2 noun [singular]
1an attempt to take or obtain something that other people also want
The company’s recent growth could slow if competitors make a grab for some of its markets.
British and Spanish officials complain that the idea looks suspiciously like a power-grab by Brussels (=an attempt by Brussels to get power over something).
2be up for grabs informal if something is up for grabs, it is available for anyone who wants to try to obtain it
Argentina has already sold off its telephone company, and dozens of other assets are up for grabs.
A large part of the business might be put up for grabs.
Origin grab1
(1500-1600) Middle Dutch Middle Low German grabben

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