The mayoralty of this city is up for grabs

本市市长一职谁都可自由去竞争。

Every so often a phrase from Cockney rhyming slang grabs public attention and becomes a part of popular speech all over Britain, as has happened recently with “porky pies”

东伦敦土话的同额俚语间或吸引住公众的注意力并成为整个英国流行语言的一部分，如最近发生在“porky pies”这个词的现象。

The presidency of the board is up for grabs

董事长的职位由人们自由竞争获取，。

Michael Jordan grabs Ball and falls on ground hugging it.

迈克尔·乔丹抢到球并倒在地上抱紧它。

The job is up for grabs . Why don’t you apply now?

那工作谁都可以争取。你怎么不现在就申请呢?

Has that car been sold or is it still up for grabs ?

那辆车卖掉了呢，还是依附旧待价而沽呢?

He tears downstairs still putting on his coat, grabs the bread in one hand and his briefcase in the other, and beats it out the door just in time to catch the bus at the corner.

他一边穿上衣一边忙着往楼下走，一手抓着面包，一手提着公事包，匆匆忙忙出了门，正好在街角赶上了公共汽车。

Up for grabs are a top prize of a corolla car, followed in descending order by a motorcycle, a Japanese TV, a heavyweight Chinese bicycle and a top cash prize of about $30, almost a month’s pay for many Afghans

头奖是一辆花冠轿车，接下来依次是摩托车，日本电视机，中国产重型自行车，现金最高奖尽管只有大约30美元，但是这笔钱差不多是一个阿富汗老百姓一个月的收入。

It’s over 100 degrees out there.He grabs me with ice-cold hands

外头温度超过华氏100度他却用冰冷的双手抓住我

a plot that grabs the reader.

吸引读者注意的情节

Right now the house is a real bargain. Don’t let the grass grow under your feet--sign the agreement today before somebody grabs it.

现在房产价格实在是非常便宜。你不要浪费时间,最好今天就签合同,免得给别人把这栋房子抢走。

The float on a fishline bobs up and down when a fish grabs the hook.

鱼咬钩时，钩线上的浮子上下跳动。

Riding a bike on ice is what grabs me.

在冰上骑车对我很有吸引力。

Driving on icy road is what grabs me .

在覆盖着冰的?上驾车对我很有吸引力。

Driving on icy roads is what grabs me.

在覆盖着冰的路上驾车对我很有吸引力。

B stands at the doorway of the apartment and grabs a’s hand.

在楼门口，B站住了，拉住a的手。

The otter slips beneath the water, comes up beneath the ducks, grabs one and returns underwater

只见水獭滑到水中，潜到鸭群的下方，冷不丁探头抓住一只，立刻又潜到水下去了

||1:The army’s destructive habit of meddling in Pakistani politics continues unabated.||2:Roughly every decade this switches from explicit power grabs to unsubtle efforts to manipulate civilian leaders.||3:For now Pakistan is in the latter phase.||4:Though this book went to press before the most recent civilian-military clash, known as Memogate, the authors may well prove largely right in predicting lots of scheming but no new coup for some years yet.

||1:军队并没有改掉总是插手于巴基斯坦政治这个破坏性的恶习。||2:似乎每个十年都发生从攫取政权到试图操控平民领导人的转变。||3:现在巴基斯坦处于后者的掌控中。||4:虽然此书在军民冲突（备忘录门）前已经出版，但其在预测大量阴谋方面的观点都正确，但是几年来没有产生新政权的更替。

Republicans have the most work ahead. The party has done a wretched job of making Latinos feel welcome, and suffered for it at the polls. Just 27% of Hispanics voted for Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate in 2012, after he suggested that life should be made so miserable for migrants without legal papers that they “self-deport”. Yet Democrats have no reason to be smug. At present, most Latinos do not vote at all;|| as they grow more prosperous their votes will be up for grabs .|| Jeb Bush, a putative White House contender in 2016 who is married to a Latina, has wooed Latinos by saying that illegal migration is often an act of family “love”.

1:在这一问题上，共和党人要做的还有很多。||2:共和党为拉美裔族群融入社会所做的事寥寥无几，因此也没少在民意调查中受到诟病。||3:2012年，当共和党总统候选人罗姆尼建议出台政策使非法移民在美国难以生存，督促他们“自我驱逐”后，只有27%的拉美裔族群为他投票。||4:但民主党也不必沾沾自喜。||5:目前，绝大多数拉美裔不投票。随着拉美裔的发展壮大，他们手中的选票将变得举足轻重起来。||6:2016年白宫之主有力的竞争者杰布·布什就娶了一位拉美裔妻子，他在向拉美裔族群拉票时曾言，非法移民通常是出于对家庭的“爱”。

||1: This is why many Republican strategists are now studying her. ||2: New Mexico, which has the highest share (almost half) of Latinos of any state in the country, is, along with Colorado and Nevada, an important swing state for 2012. ||3: John McCain, the Republican candidate last time and a senator from Arizona, thinks that Latinos are up for grabs in these states and even in his own, if Republicans will just change their nativist tone.

||1:这就是为什么现在有众多共和党战略家研究她的策略。||2: 新墨西哥州人口中拉美裔的比例全国最高，接近总人口的一半。它和科罗拉多以及内华达州一样，都是2012年大选中重要的“摇摆州”（swing state，竞选双方势均力敌，都没有明显优势的州）。 ||3:上一届总统选举时共和党总统候选人、亚利桑那州参议员约翰?麦凯恩认为，如果共和党改变他们排斥移民的本土主义论调，那么上述三个州、甚至亚利桑那州的拉美裔人都是可以争取到的。

Moreover, one of the seven seats on the Fed’s board is vacant and another five may come up for grabs in the coming year, given expirations and the tug of other opportunities.

此外，联邦董事会7个席位尚有一个空缺，在下一年换届时，倘若还有其他有利机会将有5人竞争该席位。

Only a blinkered partisan would believe any of these charges. Alas, partisans are far more likely than anyone else to vote, especially in elections like this one, where the presidency is not up for grabs .

只有狭隘的党派会相信任何这些控告。哎，这些党派相比其他人更愿意行使投票的权利，尤其是类似于总统选举这样的选举活动，其中总统的职位并不是待价而沽的。

“Birds, ” he says. She laughs and grabs hold of his hand. For a moment he feels like everything is going to be okay.

“那些鸟，”他说道。她被逗笑了，紧握着他的手。这让他感觉到事情远没有想象那么糟，车到山前必有路。

“I want to paddle, ” says Rosie and she grabs at her beach shoes.

“我想要趟水”，罗西说，她开始找她的沙滩鞋。

All 435 seats in the House are up for grabs in November.

11月将对众议院的所有435个席位进行“公开投标”。

The 2010 election is especially important at state level, with 37 governors’ mansions up for grabs .

2010年37个州长的选举在州这一层级上是特别重要的选举。

Allison rolls a couple of suitcases to the front door and grabs her keys.

Allison将几个手提箱推到前门，把钥匙抓在手里。

Bellick grabs the door to the guards’ room but it doesn’t budge.

Bellick抓住警卫室的门往外拉，但门根本纹丝不动。

Firesheep grabs that cookie, allowing nosy or malicious users to, in essence, be you on the site and have full access to your account.

Firesheep抓取这些cookies，让爱管闲事或恶意的用户冒充你登入网站并且拥有你账户的全部权限。

Lincoln climbs out the window and grabs the thick cable leading from the infirmary to the far wall.

Lincoln爬出医务室的窗户，抓住从医务室通向外面围墙的粗电缆线。

up for grabs

很容易到手

be up for grabs

vi.供人竞购,供人自由竞争获取

cargo handling with grabs

抓斗装卸