1. Having successfully turned Microsoft around, observers murmured, its boss might be in the grip of merger madness.
turn around (使)复苏;(使)好转
Turning the company around won't be easy...
盘活那家公司绝非易事
。in the grip of 受制于;受…的深刻影响
Britain is still in the grip of recession.
英国依然没有摆脱经济衰退
。2. It has oodles of cash in the bank ($132bn at the end of last year) and a valuable currency (its share price is up by more than 600% since Mr Nadella took over in 2014).
oodles of 大量
The recipe calls for oodles of melted chocolate.
这道食谱要用上大量熔好的巧克力
。