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grasping 音標拼音: [gr'æspɪŋ] a. 抓的,握的,貪婪的 抓的,握的,貪婪的 grasping adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" [synonym: {avaricious}, {covetous}, {grabby}, {grasping}, {greedy}, {prehensile}] n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" 2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) [synonym: {grasping}, {taking hold}, {seizing}, {prehension}] Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. [1913 Webster] 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Grasp"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] 147 Moby Thesaurus words for "grasping":
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