take (a) hold

EFFECT/INFLUENCEto start to have a definite effect 开始起作用，产生影响

The fever was beginning to take hold.

发烧开始厉害起来。

Examples from the Corpus

take (a) hold• Whereas summer still lingered in Florence, winter had already taken hold in Cramer.• His hand came out and took hold of her ankle, gave it a squeeze and a shake.• There are usually reasons why some ideas take hold and persist while others fail to do so.• Her imagination took hold of the idea and terrorized her at the thought of the hospital catching fire.• As the weeks grew into months, a plan took hold of her.• If doctors could know for certain which individuals would develop the disease, they could treat potential diabetics before the process takes hold.• From the reforms that followed, a new life began to take hold, and more than one innovation was meritorious.• What do your instincts tell you about whether democracy will take hold after the votes are counted?

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单词	take (a) hold
释义	take (a) hold take (a) hold EFFECT/INFLUENCEto start to have a definite effect 开始起作用，产生影响 The fever was beginning to take hold. 发烧开始厉害起来。 Examples from the Corpus take (a) hold• Whereas summer still lingered in Florence, winter had already taken hold in Cramer.• His hand came out and took hold of her ankle, gave it a squeeze and a shake.• There are usually reasons why some ideas take hold and persist while others fail to do so.• Her imagination took hold of the idea and terrorized her at the thought of the hospital catching fire.• As the weeks grew into months, a plan took hold of her.• If doctors could know for certain which individuals would develop the disease, they could treat potential diabetics before the process takes hold.• From the reforms that followed, a new life began to take hold, and more than one innovation was meritorious.• What do your instincts tell you about whether democracy will take hold after the votes are counted? → take (a) hold at hold2(4)
随便看	put in their place put in the picture put in the shade put into put into action put into effect put into practice put into reverse put into words put in two cents' worth putin,-vladimir Putin, Vladimir putin,vladimir put in your two cents' worth put it there put/keep somebody in the picture put/lay/set down a marker put/lay your cards on the table put/leave/set something to one side put/leave something on the back burner put/make a move on somebody put mind at rest put mind to put mind to something put mind to sth