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单词 take hold
释义 take hold
phrasal
1.
 a. : grasp, grip, seize
  < take hold of a railing >
  < took hold and hung on tight >
 b. : to establish a hold on or over
  < felt hate take hold of my whole body — Edita Morris >
  < a second conviction took hold of him — T.B.Costain >
  < story … takes hold of a reader from the first — Walter Havighurst >
 c. : to assume management or control : take in hand and deal with : take charge
  < there was a new overseer … and he was taking hold, fast — Laura Krey >
  < women who take hold of things and aren't afraid of work — Ellen Glasgow >
  < administration fails to take hold of and solve the big problems — F.D.Roosevelt >
2. [ME taken hold, fr. taken to take + hold] : to become attached or established
 < once the glue dries and takes firm hold — Emily Holt >
: take effect : catch on
 < theory took hold because the future was with it — W.P.Webb >
 < idea … does not seem to have taken hold very widely — Elmer Davis >
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