be in the grip of
US /bi ɪn ðə ɡrɪp əv/
UK /bi ɪn ðə ɡrɪp əv/
1.
處於...之中, 受...控制
to be strongly affected by something unpleasant, or to be controlled by it
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The country is in the grip of a severe economic crisis.
該國正處於嚴重的經濟危機之中。
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He was in the grip of a powerful addiction.
他深陷於強大的毒癮之中。