grasp [gra:sp]

v./n.抓住,领会

We should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world.

我们应该抓住机会提高它在现实世界中的影响力。

In fact, it is difficult to see how journalists who do not have a cleargrasp of the basic features of the Canadian Constitution can do a competent job on political stories.

事实上，很难想象对加拿大宪法的基本特点缺乏清晰了解的新闻记者如何能够胜任政治新闻报道工作。

(此处grasp: n.意为“领会，理解”。)