Noun:
understanding with difficulty;the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings
the act of gripping something firmly with the hands or the tentacles
Adjective:
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth;they are avaricious and will do anything for money
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
a grasping old miser
grasping commercialism
greedy for money and power
grew richer and greedier
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
grasp把握lung grasping forceps持肺钳forced grasping强迫性紧握top grasping belt抓顶皮带grasping reflex抓握反射grasping position吊手,钩手,抓拳…uterine tissue grasping forceps子宫组织抓取钳…tissue grasping forceps持组织镊,组织持镊…
近义词 seizing抓greedy贪婪的grabby贪婪的selfish自私的miserly吝啬的ravenous贪婪的covetous贪婪的prehension抓住commercial商业的avaricious贪财的acquisitive想获得的prehensile动物的尾足等适于抓握…
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用作形容词Don't let those grasping taxi-drivers charge you too much.不要让那些贪婪的出租汽车司机向你漫天要价。