somebody's clutchesPOWER[plural] the power, influence, or control that someone has 某人的掌控[影响,统治] a small boy trying to escape from his mother’s clutches 一个想逃离母亲管束的小男孩
in somebody’s clutches She’ll have him in her clutches soon enough. 不久她就会把他抓在手心里。
somebody’s clutches• Sam joined the Navy to escape from his mother's clutches.
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