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

• If you think your idea has potential, seize on it immediately.
  如果您认为您的想法有潜力，抓住它立即。
• 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。
• We must seize on this "don't mind being supervised" and help such comrades by education and persuasion to overcome their lack of Party spirit.
  我们要抓他管也可以，对缺乏党性要说服教育。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Seize on its way, such as a letter.
  在中途抓住，比如一封信。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。