grasp

verstehen, begreifen

Eine Idee verstehen oder begreifen, wie etwas funktioniert.

In einfachem Englisch: To understand an idea or how something works.

• I cannot grasp this idea.
• She quickly grasped how the machine worked.
• Have you grasped the main point yet?

Synonyme: understand, get

Häufige Wendungen: grasp an idea, grasp the meaning

greifen, ergreifen

Etwas mit einer oder beiden Händen nehmen und festhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: To take and hold something firmly with your hand or hands.

• Grasp the handle firmly.
• He grasped my hand and pulled me up.
• She grasped at the rope but missed it.

So benutzt man es: grasp at something (She grasped at a branch as she slipped.)

Synonyme: grip, seize, grab

Gegenteile: release

Häufige Wendungen: grasp something firmly, grasp someone’s hand, grasp at something

Griff

Das feste Halten von etwas mit der Hand.

In einfachem Englisch: A firm hold on something with your hand.

• The rope slipped from my grasp.
• She kept a firm grasp on his arm.
• He loosened his grasp and let the bird go.

Synonyme: grip, hold

Häufige Wendungen: a firm grasp, in someone’s grasp, escape someone’s grasp

Reichweite

Der Bereich dessen, was man erreichen, schaffen oder kontrollieren kann.

In einfachem Englisch: The range of things you can reach, achieve, or control.

• Victory was within our grasp.
• The prize slipped out of her grasp.
• Real power remained beyond their grasp.

So benutzt man es: within someone’s grasp (The championship is finally within our grasp.); beyond someone’s grasp (A house that expensive is beyond my grasp.)

Synonyme: reach

Häufige Wendungen: within someone’s grasp, beyond someone’s grasp