名人教你讲英文：可供角逐

名人教英文：可供角逐

up for grabs
可供角逐

meryl: are you going to vote for dave harwin?
梅里尔：你会不会投票给戴夫．哈文？

annar: why do you ask? is there an election or something?
安纳：怎么这样问？是有选举还是什么？

meryl: yes, the student council elections will be held next month.
梅里尔：是有选举。学生会将于下个月选出。

annar: how many posts are there?
安纳：有多少个职位？

meryl: there are six posts up for grabs and dave is standing for publicity officer.
梅里尔：共有六个职位可供角逐。戴夫竞选宣传组长。

annar: i'll certainly vote for him. he's good at publicising things.
安纳：我一定会投票给他。他很懂得宣传。

up for grabs的grab，指“突然抓住”或“抢夺”，作名词或动词都可以，例如：(1) the thief made a grab at / for her handbag（那贼人突然出手抢她的手提包）。(2) the thief grabbed her handbag and ran away（那贼人一手抢去她的手提包，跑掉了）。(3) losing my balance, i grabbed at the handrail（我站不稳，跌倒时伸手抓向栏杆）。留意grab作名词，其后可用at或for带出要抓住的东西；作动词，直接受词（object）是指“抓住（某事物）”，用at带出受词则是指“伸手去抓（某事物）”。