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.- 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。 - 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。
- Newspapers seized on the results as proof that global warming wasn't really happening...
英英释义
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