grapple

英 [ˈɡræpl]

美 [ˈɡræpl]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决

现在分词：grappling　过去式：grappled　过去分词：grappled　第三人称单数：grapples　复数：grapples　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11170 / COCA.8354

牛津词典

verb

• 扭打；搏斗
  to take a firm hold of sb/sth and struggle with them
  1. Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack.
     袭击之后过路人便与这男人扭打起来。
  2. They managed to grapple him to the ground.
     他们终于把他摔倒在地。
• 努力设法解决
  to try hard to find a solution to a problem
  1. The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution.
     新政府还需尽力解决空气污染问题。
  2. I was grappling to find an answer to his question.
     我正在努力解决他的问题。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 努力解决（问题）；设法克服（困难）
  If yougrapple witha problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it.
  1. The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
     经济问题只是该国正竭力解决的几个关键问题之一。
• V-RECIP 扭打;搏斗
  If yougrapple withsomeone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two peoplegrapple.
  1. He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...
     他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。
  2. They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
     他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。

英英释义

noun

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
  1. they had a fierce wrestle
  2. we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
  Synonym:wrestlewrestlinggrapplinghand-to-hand struggle
• a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
  Synonym:clamshell
• a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding
  Synonym:grapnelgrapplergrappling hookgrappling iron

verb

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
  1. the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
  Synonym:grip
• come to terms with
  1. We got by on just a gallon of gas
  2. They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
  Synonym:copeget bymake outmake docontenddealmanage

双语例句

• Rather it's time to grapple with expenses like transportation, health care, food, entertainment and incidentals.
  相反，是时候努力应对交通费、医疗费、伙食费、娱乐费以及其他各种杂费了。
• On the way of study, we must be ready to grapple with many difficulties.
  在求学的道路上，我们准备克服很多的困难。
• Grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.
  与他们的良知抗争；与我们这个时代的政治现实抗争。
• They will grapple with a lack of capacity until it starts to impede the business.
  直到电脑能力开始妨碍公司的业务发展，它们才会去解决问题。
• This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.
  这就是美国试图同苏维埃制度的原动力搏斗的来龙去脉。
• Managers have learned to grapple with networking, artificial intelligence, computer-aided engineering and manufacturing.
  经理们已经学会了如何应对联网、人工智能、计算机辅助工程和制造。
• Rather than grappling with nature, business leaders would grapple with big ideas.
  商业领袖们不是和自然对抗，而是要和大问题们交锋。
• With lightning feint, one after another pair finally seized hold and began to grapple.
  一对对摔跤手采取声东击西的佯攻手法，使对方猝不及防，终于揪住了对方，开始搏斗起来。
• Shall we grapple and lay their ship aboard?
  我们要不要钩住并靠近他们的船，以便与之作战？
• At the same time, the world continues to grapple with threats to security from terrorism and piracy.
  同时，我们的安全形势也面临着像恐怖主义、海盗这样的非传统威胁。