grasp

理解する、把握する

考えや物事の仕組みを理解する。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： understand, get

よく使う表現： grasp an idea, grasp the meaning

つかむ、握る

片手または両手で物をしっかりつかんで持つ。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： grasp at something (She grasped at a branch as she slipped.)

類義語： grip, seize, grab

反対語： release

よく使う表現： grasp something firmly, grasp someone’s hand, grasp at something

握り

手で物をしっかりつかんでいること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： grip, hold

よく使う表現： a firm grasp, in someone’s grasp, escape someone’s grasp

手の届く範囲

届くもの、達成できること、支配できるものの範囲。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： within someone’s grasp (The championship is finally within our grasp.); beyond someone’s grasp (A house that expensive is beyond my grasp.)

類義語： reach

よく使う表現： within someone’s grasp, beyond someone’s grasp