get hold of
get hold of — 慣用語
1. to successfully reach a person, or to manage to secure a thing after trying
聯絡到；拿到
成功找到人或弄到某物
to successfully reach a person, or to manage to secure a thing after trying
Nikhil finally got hold of the landlord after calling three different numbers.
Nikhil 打了三支不同的電話後，終於聯絡到房東。
get hold of [person] after repeated attempts
Felipe got hold of two last-minute tickets before the website crashed.
Felipe 在網站當機前拿到兩張最後一刻的票。
get hold of [thing] before a deadline
The nurse got hold of Dr. Hassan during the power cut.
停電時，護理師聯絡到 Hassan 醫師。
Amihan got hold of her passport just before the airport bus left.
Amihan 在機場巴士開走前，及時拿到護照。
Sophia couldn't get hold of the plumber until late Sunday afternoon.
直到星期天下午很晚，Sophia 才聯絡到水電工。
- miss
when you fail to reach someone or fail to get the thing in time
文法句型
get hold of [person]
get hold of [thing]
用法筆記
The object is usually a person you are trying to reach or a thing that is hard to get. When the object is a person, the phrase often implies making contact after several failed tries.
常見錯誤
2. to understand an idea, rule, or explanation well enough to use it correctly
弄懂
真正理解某個意思或規則
to understand an idea, rule, or explanation well enough to use it correctly
Jin took weeks to get hold of the new tax rules.
Jin 花了好幾個星期才弄懂新的稅務規定。
get hold of [rules] after study
Esme never got hold of why the joke made everyone laugh.
Esme 一直弄不懂那個笑話為什麼讓大家發笑。
Minho read the manual twice before getting hold of how the software worked.
Minho 把說明書看了兩遍，才弄懂那套軟體是怎麼運作的。
Darius is starting to get hold of the rhythm after two lessons.
上了兩堂課後，Darius 開始弄懂那個節奏。
Min couldn't get hold of the joke until the teacher acted it out.
Min 直到老師把那個笑話演出來，才弄懂它的意思。
- grasp
more direct and slightly more formal for understanding an idea
- follow
often used when understanding an explanation or line of thought
- make sense of
stresses working out something confusing step by step
- misunderstand
to get the meaning wrong instead of understanding it
文法句型
get hold of [idea]
get hold of how [something] works
用法筆記
This sense is about grasping the meaning of something, not contacting a person or obtaining an object. It often appears with ideas, rules, jokes, or the way something works.