1. Its leaders held a memorial event at a Berlin concert hall as the country works to get a grip on another rise in COVID-19 infections.
get a grip on 控制;管束;抓住
She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
她尽力抓住那冰冷的石头
。2. Germany has paid tribute to the nearly 80,000 lives lost to the coronavirus.
pay tribute to 向...表示敬意;称赞
We should pay tribute to soldiers died in defence of our country.
我们应该向保卫祖国而牺牲了的军人表示敬意
。