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

• 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。
• After a troublesome several years concerning these listings, regulators should seize on the most promising model to date for how to move forward.
  多年来中资公司的这种上市麻烦不断，监管者应紧抓住迄今为止最有前途的这种新加坡模式来谋求进步。
• 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。
• Seize on its way, such as a letter.
  在中途抓住，比如一封信。
• Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrongdoing-but his rival still hopes to seize on popular skepticism about the frontrunner.
  检察官澄清了李明博的不良行为，但是，他的对手仍希望抓住大众对竞选领先者的怀疑态度（反击他）。
• 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。
• Jeff Zucker, chief executive of NBC Universal, is planning to seize on the writers 'strike to eliminate what he sees as extravagances in the way Hollywood makes and promotes television.
  NBC环球（NBCUniversal）首席执行官杰夫•朱克（JeffZucker）计划利用编剧罢工的机会，根除他眼中好莱坞电视制作与宣传的铺张方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。