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

• To seize on the key industrial users to do our best to develop commonly;
  抓住重点工业用户，力求共同发展；
• 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。
• But currency investors, many of them out of pocket after the recent twists and turns in US monetary policy, are ready to seize on dollar weakness.
  但外汇市场投资者已经做好了利用美元疲软走势的准备，他们中的很多人因近期美国货币政策曲折反复而蒙受了损失。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。