latch on

英 [lætʃ ɒn]

美 [lætʃ ɑːn]

缠住（或抓住）…不放; 对…产生浓厚兴趣; 依附（于）; 附着（于）

英英释义

verb

• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:catch onget wiseget ontotumblecotton ontwigget it
• adopt
  1. take up new ideas
  Synonym:take upfasten onhook onseize on
• take hold of or attach to
  1. The biochip latches onto the genes

双语例句

• Elected officials should latch on to the advice of the National Commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, as an exhausted swimmer to a lifebuoy.
  当选官员应当听取国家财政责任和改革委员会（nationalcommissiononfiscalresponsibilityandreform）的建议，就像筋疲力尽的游泳者听从救生员的建议一样。
• A key for raising or drawing back a latch ( especially on an outside door).
  能够抬高或拉回门插销的钥匙，通常用在外门上。
• She'll soon latch on to what is happening.
  她很快就会理解发生了什么。
• He's not very clever, so it took him some time to latch on.
  他不是非常聪明，所以要花他一些时间去理解。
• It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about.
  我花了很长时间才明白她在说什么。
• If I could only latch on to some of your know how!
  要是我能有一点你的那种诀窍就好了。
• No humans are traveling aboard the Dragon, but six astronauts are already at the$ 100-billion space lab to help the capsule latch on, to unload supplies and then restock the capsule with cargo to take back to Earth.
  没有人乘坐龙飞船出行，但造价达1000亿美元的太空实验室中已经有六名宇航员，他们会帮忙接收飞船、卸下供给物，并将要带回地球的东西装进太空船。
• Inevitably, given the scale of the task, Prof Kay does not have a single eye-catching prescription to latch on to.
  不可避免的是，由于讨论的命题过于宏大，凯未能给出一个抓人眼球的解决方案。
• New earning power and potential that retailers are hoping to latch on to.
  商人们希望能把握住这股新购买力与潜在的市场。
• You're aware that you're having thoughts, but you don't latch on to them and start actively "thinking" about them.
  你会认识到，你有想法，但是你却不会去倾听他们并开始积极地为他们着想。