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

• 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。
• Ship collision seize on a big proportion of the accident at sea, which does great damage to safe navigation.
  海上船舶碰撞事故是航行安全的首害，在海上交通事故中占有很大比例。
• 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。
• The second difficulty is that many people have neither the time nor the inclination to filter out good or bad information they tend to seize on the scraps that suit them to bolster whatever their view is of the world.
  第二个难题是，很多人既没有时间也没有意向来甄别信息的好坏，他们倾向于抓住那些有助于支撑自己的世界观的信息碎片。
• He used gunpowder to seize both on the underdeveloped continents of Asia and africa.
  他依仗着火药的力量在落后的亚、非洲进行掠夺。
• Presently, he cites an example and you seize on it.
  不久他举了一个例子，而你抓住了它。
• He must seize on a solution, however risky.
  他总得采取一个解决办法，不管这个办法如何危险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Abe, who made his name by being tough on Pyongyang, was quick to seize on October's nuclear test as a way of rallying international support for sanctions.
  以对朝立场强硬闻名的安倍，迅速抓住朝鲜10月份核试，凝聚国际力量，支持对朝鲜进行制裁。