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

• 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。
• Reaching down, he unfastened the latch on the gate
  他伸手打开了门闩。
• But others say the ultimate sell signal is when the media latch on to a story.
  但其他人认为最终的抛售信号是当媒体开始将其编入专题的时候。
• The pivoting section is connected with the knob and passes through the position limitation through-hole of the loading platform and is latch locked on the backside of the loading platform.
  以及一枢转部，连接该旋钮本体并穿过该承载平台的该限位贯孔而卡扣于该承载平台的背侧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She'll soon latch on to what is happening.
  她很快就会理解发生了什么。
• Place a slide lock or hook-and-eye latch hign on the door, out of child's reach.
  一套钩或滑锁和门闩凯眼睛的门，走出儿童接触。
• 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。