释义 |
in the grip ofDominated or affected by something undesirable or adverse: Britain was in the grip of a crime wave...- Is it any wonder the country is in the grip of so much appeasement, irrationality and ignorance?
- When she returned New Zealand was in the grip of the Depression of the thirties with high unemployment.
- Italy has been in the grip of a cold spell for several days, and shortly after the fire began, snow began falling.
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