grasping

noun

1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

Synonym: taking holdseizingprehension

2. understanding with difficulty

e.g. the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings

adj

1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

e.g. 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: avariciouscovetousgrabbygreedyprehensile

1. 一味攫取的；贪婪的；吝啬的
If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it.

e.g. ...a greedy grasping drug-ridden individual...
贪婪且嗜财如命的瘾君子
e.g. They were grasping and manipulative.
他们贪得无厌而且喜欢摆布人。

1. grasping

1. 握的：依恋附著(attachment)、黏著的(clinging)及...紧握的(grasping)三个字的意思融合在一起,...这样才能确切表达的涵意.

2. grasping的近义词

2. 取 (十二因缘)：go to kitchen 过堂 | grasping 取 (十二因缘) * | great affinities 大因缘 *

3. 贪婪的：grasp 抓住 | grasping 贪婪的 | grass character 草字

4. 抓的/握的/贪婪的：graspable /能理解的/可以懂的/ | grasping /抓的/握的/贪婪的/ | gratefully /感激地/