現在式-過去式-過去分詞: grab – grabbed – grabbed I grabbed a coffee
我喝了一杯咖啡。
第三人稱單數型: grabs She/He grabs her/his bag
她/他抓住了她/他的包包。
現在進行式: grabbing The baby kept on grabbing the toy.
寶寶一直著抓那個玩具。
「grab」在英文中的表現模式
「grab」有以下四種常見的意思:
抓住~
呼叫~
吃/喝~
睡覺
以下我們逐一附上例句來做詳細的說明。
抓住~、拿取
「grab」常用來取代「hold(抓住)」或「get(拿取)」。
Someone grabbed my arm
有人抓住了我的手臂。 Can you grab me that pen?
你可以拿那枝筆給我嗎? Could you grab those documents for me?
你能幫我取那些文件嗎? Please grab a seat.
請找個座位坐下來。
註明:「grab a seat」通常用於咖啡廳等休閒場所。在高級餐廳等正式場合時,應使用「have a seat」。
呼叫~、帶來~
「grab」有時候也可以表示「call(呼叫)」或「bring(帶來)」。
Can you grab Tom? I need to ask something.
你可以叫一下湯姆嗎?我有件事要問他。 Could you grab a sales clerk for me? I want to inquire about this product.
你能叫店員過來嗎?我想諮詢一下這個產品。 I’m tired. I’m going to grab a taxi.
我累了。我要去叫一輛計程車。
註明:位於新加坡的計程車公司「Grab Taxi」,應該就是由「grab a taxi」(叫車)一詞命名而來的。
吃/喝~
「grab」也用來表示「eat(吃)」或「drink(喝)」的意思。
I grabbed some hamburgers at McDonald’s.
我在麥當勞吃了些漢堡。
Can you grab some popcorn while I buy the ticket?
我買票的時候,你能去買些爆米花嗎? Let’s grab a coffee.
我們來喝杯咖啡吧。
A: Do you know the teacher’s schedule? B: She said all the days in blue on the calendar were up for grabs.
A: 你知道老師的行程嗎?
B: 她說日曆上所有標示藍色的日子都是有空擋的。
A round-trip air ticket sale is up for grabs. For more information, please visit our website.
來回機票正在特價中。詳細請見官網網站。
「grab at~」 :試圖抓住
She grabbed at me, but missed.
她要抓我,但沒抓著。
使用了「grab」的文章
讓我們來看看「grab」在文章如何使用,並在兩篇文章中比較使用與不使用grab的差別。
使用了「grab」的情況
I woke up late today, so I grabbed a piece of toast and my bag, and rushed out the door to go to school.
I got to school just on time, and started my lessons. The final class of the day was History, but I had forgotten my homework. The teacher was angry. She told me to come to her office and to grab Tom on the way. Tom also didn’t do his homework. After school, Tom and I grabbed some hamburgers at McDonald’s on the way home.
It had been a long long day. Time to grab some sleep.
不使用「grab」的情況
I woke up late today, so I took a piece of toast and my bag, and rushed out the door to go to school.
I got to school just on time, and started my lessons. The final class of the day was History, but I had forgotten my homework. The teacher was angry. She told me to come to her office and to bring Tom on the way. Tom also didn’t do his homework. After school, Tom and I had some hamburgers at McDonald’s on the way home.
It had been a long long day. Time to get some sleep.