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

• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• The second difficulty is that many people have neither the time nor the inclination to filter out good or bad information they tend to seize on the scraps that suit them to bolster whatever their view is of the world.
  第二个难题是，很多人既没有时间也没有意向来甄别信息的好坏，他们倾向于抓住那些有助于支撑自己的世界观的信息碎片。
• All organic beings are striving to seize on each place in the economy of nature.
  一切生物都争取自然机体中的地位。
• 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。
• It operates dozens of funds targeted at individual geographic regions and sectors, which has enabled it to seize on local market windows when they appear.
  它管理着以不同地区及行业为投资目标的数十只基金，这使它能够在当地的市场窗口出现时，及时抓住机会退出。
• He must seize on a solution, however risky.
  他总得采取一个解决办法，不管这个办法如何危险。
• 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。
• The key to guaranteeing the teaching quality is to seize on the links in testing.
  抓住考试环节，把好教学质量关是关键。