But she was helpless in the viselike grip of the powerful man."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

I better say something about oil in the ancient world, so that you get a grip on what's going on here.

我最好说一下油在古代世界的地位,以便你能明白为什么会出售芳香油

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Perhaps you too have felt wine talons grip you unexpectedly sometime and carry you aloft.

可能你也觉得这句有时很出乎人意料,让人百思不得其解。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

A wave of cold and snowy weather continues to grip Europe, grounding airplanes,trains and cars and causing dozens of deaths.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

.. What you can't change, loses-- when you focus on the fact that you can't change it, it loses some of its grip to upset you.

你无法改变的-,当你专注于”你无法改变它“这个事实，它就不会让你那么难受。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Burma's military rulers cite ongoing fighting with ethnic insurgent groups in the country to partly justify their continued grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Double grip shields thus presupposed or imposed an extremely dense formation.

因此双握柄的盾牌预示了,或揭示了一种极为密集的阵型

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"They believe in me." TB has a firm grip on the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

The United Nations,African Union, the United States and former colonial power France have all criticized President Tandja's move to tighten his grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The local economy is ruled by agriculture, but the soil is infertile and much of the northeast is in the grip of a drought.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The Kremlin's media grip has prompted several prominent Russian journalists to move their programs to Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Visions of soaring high-rises crumbling may grip the imagination but Surahman says it is the smaller one and two storey dwellings that are most vulnerable in places like Indonesia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

And winter's grip on Washington is far from over.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"As we've found with other large criminal groups, if you take their money and lock up their leaders you can loosen their grip on the vast organizations used to carry out their criminal activities,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Galmudug regional government Minister of Planning Omar Mohamud warns that not implementing a long-term solution to the water problem will fuel the vicious cycle of droughts, hunger,and violence and keep the Somali people in the iron grip of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

The election commission also said it hinged its decision on skepticism that any democratic vote could take place in the midst of the region's current political crisis as Somaliland President Dahir Riyale attempts to maintain his grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07