美 [ɡræsp æt]
试图抓住，企图争取：急切或绝望地试图获取或获得某物。
抓住机会：急切地抓住一个机会。
... good for有支付…能力的 grasp at向…抓去,想抓住 grow on(习惯)加深对…的影响 ...
... go wrong(机器等)出毛病，发生故障，走错路，（计划等）失败 grasp at抓住，攫取 grow up长大 ...
... good for有效的/值…/胜任 grasp at向…抓去/想抓住 grow on(习惯)加深对…的影响 ...
She was trying to grasp at something.
她企图抓住什么东西。
A businessman will grasp at any chance to make a profit.
一个商人会抓住任何一个机会赚钱。
"We identify with -- and grasp at -- the story of redemptive opportunity, " Holzer said. "The crystallization of the American dream is what makes it so attractive."
霍尔泽说，“我们都认同这个把握好赎罪机会的故事并为之惊叹，而美国梦成真更是令这个故事引人入胜”。
Nor does she grasp at bigger themes or the many common factors that hedge-fund managers share.
Go ahead, grasp at something you can explain away from it being most closely related to Socialism.
United, uncharacteristically, were lacking a cutting edge and wasted a perfect opportunity to grasp at a lifeline immediately after Arsenal's goal.