As the countdown to the game winds down, South Africa is gripped by World Cup fever.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Later, as I grew worse, I could see the bags in the daytime with my eyes open and I was gripped by the fear that they were going to fall and drench me with some horrible liquid.

从那以后我的病情越来越糟，白天醒来就看到那些袋子,我担心它们坠下来,可怕的液体流到我头上。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And then she is gripped with--as she says, "overcome all at once"-- by a need to touch him, as if she could not believe in him or would not remember him.

然后，就像她说的，“突然克服了“一样，她被一种接触他的需要紧紧握住，就像是她不能够相信他，或者是记得他。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

A hopeful mood gripped the nation as it looked ahead to peace and stability.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The shield itself, as I've told you is made of a heavy wood, covered by a leather or bronze sheet about three feet across, something in the neighborhood of 16 to 20 pounds worth of shield and gripped as I told you before.

而盾牌,就像我说过的,是由沉重的木材制成,上面包裹有皮革或铜皮,约三英尺宽,大概是十六到二十磅重,就像我刚才所说的,拿起来很费劲

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选