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单词 clutch/grasp at straws
释义

clutch/grasp at straws

idiom
to bewillingtotryanything toimproveadifficultorunsatisfactorysituation,evenif it has littlechanceofsuccess:
（为摆脱困境）抓救命稻草，不放过任何微小的机会
Sheofferedto take apaycuttokeepherjob, but she was justclutchingatstraws.她提出减薪以保住工作，但这只不过是在乱抓救命稻草。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
  • ache forsomething
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • angle
  • angle forsomething
  • burn
  • fancy
  • haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/forsomething
  • hungrily
  • pine
  • setyoursights onsomethingidiom
  • shook
  • sight
  • someone'sheart's desireidiom
  • straw
  • super-ambitious
  • tempt
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(Definition ofclutch/grasp at strawsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/clutch-grasp-at-straws##
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