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Some knelt down and tried to gather it in their hands ,but most of it ran through their fingers这边 run through 怎么翻译

答案

有人跪下来（或者异译为有人特别努力）,希望把他们抓在自己的手里,但是很多却在他们的指尖滑走.
我觉得这句话的意思大体就是有人越在乎的去做一件事,反而可能会产生相反的效果,就像是手捧沙子,你抓得越紧,漏的越快.