生效，确立，流行：开始产生显著影响或效果；
抓住，握紧：用手紧紧抓住某物。
assume control
同义词： take charge / take control
have or hold in one's hands or grip
同义词： hold
... take office 就职；上任；就任；走马上任； take part 参加；参与；参加活动；到场； take hold 扛着；抓住；生根；固定下来； ...
... dither 犹豫不决；踌躇 take hold 生根；变得十分强大 engulf 包围；吞没，淹没；严重影响 ...
... take office 就职；上任；就任；走马上任； take part 参加；参与；参加活动；到场； take hold 扛着；抓住；生根；固定下来； ...
固定下来(take hold), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
抓住；扛着；固定下来
Deflation is beginning to take hold in the clothing industry.
服装业开始出现通货紧缩。
Why did chattel slavery take hold in the Americas?
为什么奴役制度在美洲能大行其道？
How must I take hold of you in order not to hurt you?
我应当怎样抱才不会弄痛您呢？
With the head upright, take hold of the outer part of the ear.
VOA : special.2010.03.31
There's never been a successful third-party political culture take hold in this country without one really big issue to drive it.
美国就从没有过,第三政党真正成功执政的时候,因为缺乏一个真正重大的议题来支持它
美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It's the time in which but it's the time in which long distance commerce began to take hold, because of transportation revolutions: canals, roads, railroads in particular.
它是一个时期,这是一个远距离商业开始产生影响的时代,主要原因便是运输方式的革新,运河,公路,特别是铁路
美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Take hold of that hand with your other hand.
VOA : special.2009.08.11
Or would you wait for some clarity and common sense to take hold first?,"
VOA : standard.2010.01.12
But when death does take hold in the wild, it is anything but a pretty sight.
For the moment, they have allowed the market forces of deflation to take hold.
For inflation to take hold though, there must be underlying price pressure, namely from wages.