seize on

英 [siːz ɒn]

美 [siːz ɑːn]

对…大为关注; 抓住（有用的事物）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 对…大为关注;抓住(有用的事物)
  If youseize onsomething orseize uponit, you show great interest in it, often because it is useful to you.
  1. Newspapers seized on the results as proof that global warming wasn't really happening...
     各报纸纷纷以此结果为证据来证明全球变暖并没有真正发生。
  2. The main fear was that both sides may seize upon a ceasefire and free food aid to rearm.
     最担心的是双方可能利用停火和无偿食品援助的机会重整军备。

英英释义

verb

• adopt
  1. take up new ideas
  Synonym:take uplatch onfasten onhook on

双语例句

• People seize on single studies because we are bad at weighing quantities.
  人们之所以会抓住一项研究不撒手，是因为我们非常不善于权衡数量。
• When my elder son was little he would seize on these bands and add them to the giant rubber band ball he was making.
  在我的大儿子小的时候，他会利用这些橡皮筋，把它们缠绕在自己制作的巨大橡皮筋球上。
• In sum, he has to be very proactive and seize on any available opportunity to win. play one's best/ trump cards
  总之，统帅的一切行动必须很有预见性，任何胜出机会他都必须把握。打出王牌，使出最有取胜把握的办法
• We seize on his remark and regard it as a promise.
  我们抓住他的话把它当作是一种承诺。
• All organic beings are striving to seize on each place in the economy of nature.
  一切生物都争取自然机体中的地位。
• In conditions of ignorance, people seize on any information available, even if their reason should tell them that it is irrelevant.
  在一无所知的情况下，人们会抓住一切可以获得的信息，即便理智告诉他们这些信息是不相关的。
• It operates dozens of funds targeted at individual geographic regions and sectors, which has enabled it to seize on local market windows when they appear.
  它管理着以不同地区及行业为投资目标的数十只基金，这使它能够在当地的市场窗口出现时，及时抓住机会退出。
• But currency investors, many of them out of pocket after the recent twists and turns in US monetary policy, are ready to seize on dollar weakness.
  但外汇市场投资者已经做好了利用美元疲软走势的准备，他们中的很多人因近期美国货币政策曲折反复而蒙受了损失。
• We must seize on these successes and see that they are repeated.
  我们必须紧紧抓住这些成功事例，确保继续获得成功。
• Newspapers seized on the results as proof that global warming wasn't really happening
  各报纸纷纷以此结果为证据来证明全球变暖并没有真正发生。