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grapples

英 [ˈɡræplz]

美 [ˈɡræplz]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决
grapple的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

  • A hundred years later, San Francisco still grapples with its past.
    一百年以后,旧金山仍旧在克服着过去的困难。
  • All this comes as China grapples with a mounting water shortage.
    所有这些问题都是在中国水资源日益短缺的大背景下出现的。
  • Businesses complain they are often first to be sacrificed as the government grapples with power shortages.
    企业抱怨,政府在应对电力短缺的时候,他们往往首先成为牺牲品。
  • More destabilising disagreements on the Council are near-inevitable as the ECB grapples with the enormous monetary challenges of austerity, along with rising debt among Southern euro members and export-led growth among northern creditor states.
    随着欧洲央行艰难处理财政紧缩带来的巨大货币政策挑战,同时还有欧元区南部国家日益加重的债务负担以及北部债权国出口带动的经济增长,在委员会中产生更多破坏稳定的分歧几乎不可避免。
  • The powwow came just one week after a Kremlin meeting with Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, to discuss ways to combat the crisis that threatens to envelop the sector as it grapples with huge debts and plummeting revenues.
    仅仅一周之前,两人曾与俄总统德米特里梅德韦杰夫(dmitrymedvedev)会晤,讨论采取措施抗击可能笼罩金属业的危机,该行业目前正竭力应对巨额债务和营收的大幅下降。
  • President Obama is considering opening up the nation's strategic oil reserve as the administration grapples with how to deal with rapidly rising gas prices.
    奥巴马考虑释放部分国家战略石油储备来应对快速提高的汽油价格。
  • That is one of the difficult questions one grapples with in a Krishnamurti school.
    在克氏学校中,这是你需要与之纠缠的难题之一。
  • Each of the technology companies is taking a slightly different approach with their new services, as the music industry grapples with a slowdown in sales of digital downloads, on top of the plummeting CD market.
    每家科技公司的新服务都将采取略有不同的方式,因为除了直线下挫的cd市场,音乐业还在努力应付数字下载销售的放缓。
  • The Fed appeared to be playing for time, delaying decisions about its next steps for as long as possible as it grapples with the limits of its ability to improve economic conditions.
    美联储似乎在争取时间,在应对自身改善经济状况能力的种种局限的同时,尽可能地推迟有关未来行动的决定。
  • The damaging portrayal of British youth makes unwelcome reading for the government of Tony Blair, prime minister, as it grapples with contentious policies on teenage pregnancy, binge drinking and antisocial behaviour.
    这种有损于英国青年形象的描述,对英国首相托尼•布莱尔(TonyBlair)的政府来说可不是好消息,这届政府在未成年人怀孕、酗酒和反社会行为等有争议的政策上伤透了脑筋。