VERB (人)猛扑,突袭 If someone pounces on you, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you.
He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera... 他突然扑向摄影师,痛打了他一顿,还摔碎了他的照相机。
Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce. 反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器,并随时准备突击。
VERB 揪出,抓住(错误等) If someone pounces on something such as a mistake, they quickly draw attention to it, usually in order to gain an advantage for themselves or to prove that they are right.
The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes... 民主党人随时准备揪出共和党人的过失或错误。
'That's much too subtle, even for Sam.' — 'Even for Sam!' He pounced on the phrase with a sound of triumph. “那太微妙了,即便对萨姆来说。”——“即便对山姆来说!”,他得意洋洋地抓住了这句话。
VERB (野兽或飞禽)猛扑,突袭 When an animal or bird pounces on something, it jumps on it and holds it, in order to kill it.
...like a tiger pouncing on its prey... 像老虎猛扑向猎物一样
Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced. 未等我逮到鸽子,猫就猛扑了上去。
Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of anTS triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle? 看到蜘蛛捕捉苍蝇的情景,看到蚂蚁大军扛着一只巨大的死甲虫凯旋而归的景象,谁能不倍感敬畏呢?
He has a history of forcing his way into a market and pouncing on an old-established asset, often at a high price. 硬挤进一个市场、(往往以高价)对一项老牌资产发起收购,这样的事情他干过很多次。
Advertisers are already pouncing on wearables, devising new, clever ways to deliver personalized marketing messages directly to people who don Google Glass, smartwatches, virtual reality headsets and you name it. 他们设计了巧妙的新方式,对使用谷歌眼镜(GoogleGlass)、智能手表、虚拟现实耳机和其他可穿戴设备的用户推送定制化的营销信息。
At the moment, they are pouncing on some of the cheapest money in the world to finance share purchases. 目前而言,他们利用世界上某些最廉价的资金来买入股票。
Stalking and pouncing on imaginary prey aids in a kitten's neural and muscular development. 潜伏前进,对想象猎物目标进行猛扑,这些将有助于猫咪的神经系统和肌肉的发育。
The stalking, pouncing, wrestling games that felines play are all exercises meant to learn the skills of the hunt. 围捕,突袭,摔跤游戏,猫科动物在玩中学会了所有的捕食技能。
US Airways seems to have hawks at the gate pouncing on people and seizing their bags. 美国航空公司似乎在登机口放了老鹰,随时会扑向旅客,夺走他们的行李。
He is fond of pouncing upon the others'slips of tongue. 他就喜欢抓住别人的口误大做文章。
Detective Sun grinned and, pouncing on the gourd, smashed it against the wall. 孙侦探笑了,一把将瓦罐接过来,往墙上一碰。
The pups will play with each other and their older brothers and sisters, stalking and pouncing on each other. 它们和同窝的伙伴,也和年长一些的兄弟姐妹一起玩,蹑手蹑脚地接近对方,然后猛扑上去。
A hungry praying mantis carefully edges its way up a twig before pouncing on a tree frog 一只饥饿的螳螂小心翼翼地登上一个小枝准备捕捉树蛙
Twice he had seen leopards pouncing on unsuspecting young baboons. 他两次目睹群豹向毫无戒备的小狒狒猛扑过去。