grasping 常见用法有两类:
/ˈɡræspɪŋ/
She was grasping the railing as the train started to move.
火车开始移动时,她紧紧抓住扶手。
The lecture was difficult, but he kept taking notes and gradually became better at grasping the main argument.
这场讲座很难,但他一直记笔记,渐渐更能把握主要论点。
来自动词 grasp(抓住、握住、理解),其词源可追溯到中古英语/古诺斯语相关词形,核心意象是“用手抓住”。**-ing** 结尾既可表示动作进行(抓着、理解着),也可名词化(“抓取/领会”这一行为)。由“抓住”引申出“想占有、紧抓不放”,进一步发展出形容词义“贪婪的”。