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| 1 | I/T to attack someone or try to cut or tear something using claws （用爪）攻击，刮，撕 | The bear had clawed the tree trunk to shreds. 熊把树干撕成了碎片。 | | +at You could hear the dog clawing at the door. 你能听见狗在门上乱抓。 | | | 1a | I/T to attack someone or try to cut or tear something using your fingernails （用指甲）抓，掐 | | She clawed his left cheek with her long red nails. 她用长长的红指甲挠他的左脸。 | | +at His bony fingers clawed at my face. 他用瘦骨嶙峋的手指来抓我的脸。 | | |
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| 2 | I +at: to try to take hold of something with your hands （用手）抓住 | The children were clawing at my trouser legs. 孩子们抓住我的裤腿。 | |
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| - | claw your way out of sth/to sth/back etc
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| to reach a particular place , situation , or state , as a result of great effort or despite great difficulties or opposition |
| （艰难地）走出某处/走到某处/返回等 |
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| The West Indians had clawed their way back into the match. 西印度群岛人艰难地重新回到比赛中来。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌclaw ˈback |
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| | to get something again that you had lost such as power , especially gradually and with difficulty （尤指逐渐地、艰难地）重新获得（权力等） | | a | if a government or company claws back money after losing it , it gets it again , for example by making people pay higher taxes or charging higher prices （政府用增税、公司用提价等形式）收回，弥补 | | |
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