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

• The infant finds it difficult to latch on to the nipple, and the baby can be smothered.
  婴儿难以吸住乳头，而且他们可能会窒息。
• 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。
• The markets have failed to zero in on this problem, he writes, because of all the other squeaky wheels in the global economy& but sooner or later, latch on they will.
  吴写到，由于全球经济中其他吱吱作响的齿轮，市场未能集中关注这个问题&但迟早，他们会意识到这一点。
• Humans tend to latch on to one specific piece of information when making decisions, in this case the habits of the actor.
  人类往往抓住某一特有的信息就认定一个结论。在此调查中，这个特有的信息这就是演员所表现出来的习性。
• 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。
• 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。
• As Mr. Mannion says, most such A-list dinosaurs were discovered in North America in the late 19th century or early 20th century and had some of the earliest quality mounted specimens, which quickly gave them a latch on the public imagination.
  正如曼尼恩所说，大部分这类重要恐龙都是19世纪末20世纪初在北美发现的，并被做成第一批优质标本架标本，很快俘获公众的想象。
• There is a latch mechanism on knee, and the support leg could be upstanding.
  膝关节是被动关节，具有锁紧机构。
• She'll soon latch on to what is happening.
  她很快就会理解发生了什么。
• Japanese retail investors tend to latch on to investment themes.
  日本散户投资者往往对投资题材十分关注。