I sympathized with the "Man of the Sea" in his righteous indignation at the conduct of the greedy, grasping woman; and the moral of the story remained with me, as the story itself did. I think I understood dimly, even then, that mean avarice and self- seeking ambition always find their true level in muddy earth, never among the stars.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
That she had--her memory, and Gaspare's loyal, open-hearted devotion. He knew what she had suffered. He loved her as he had loved his dead Padrone. He would always protect her, put her first without hesitation, conceal nothing from her that it was her right--for surely even the humblest, the least selfish, the least grasping, surely all who love have their rights--that it was her right to know. Her cheeks were burning. She felt like one who had been making some physical exertion. Deeply silent was the house. Her room was full of shadows, yet full of the hidden presence of the sun.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
She had begun to tremble. She put one hand down to the back of the chair, grasping it tightly as if to steady herself. "I'll tell you."
What? What was she going to tell? That first evening in Sicily--just before they went in to bed--Maurice had looked down over the terrace wall to the sea. He had seen a light --far down by the sea. It was the light in the House of the Sirens. "You once lived in Sicily.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
"She has done us many an ill turn gratuitously and not a single good turn that was not dictated by selfish policy or jealousy of others. She has shown herself, up till yesterday at least, grasping and unscrupulous. She is no worse than the others probably--possibly even better--but it would be doing our country an ill turn to persuade its citizens that England was anything less than an active, dangerous, competitor, especially in the infancy of our foreign trade. When a business rival gives you the glad hand and asks fondly after the children, beware lest the ensuing emotions cost you money.英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
He gathered together all the brute force of his will, and by sheer weight continued his advance. The boy shrieked and ran behind the couch, trying to get away.... His opposition suddenly collapsed. Maskull stumbled forward, recovered himself, and then vaulted clear over the high pile of mosses, to get at his antagonist. He fell on top of him with all his bulk. Grasping his throat, he pulled his little head completely around, so that the neck was broken. Crimtyphon immediately died. The corpse lay underneath the tree with its face upturned.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
"Poor little one!" cried Louisa, grasping Julie's hand in hers. "How can you still live?"英文原著 · 《A Woman of Thirty》
A social climber who has to watch the ladder pulled up right in front of your grasping, outstretched arms.美剧 · 《Billions》
If we had anything, Lucas, any hard evidence, or even a fucking quote from a source that would go on record for us, that would be one thing, but we're grasping, and he is not fucking around.美剧 · 《House of Cards》