grappling

英 [ˈɡræplɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡræplɪŋ]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决
grapple的现在分词

现在分词：grappling　复数：grapplings　

BNC.39780 / COCA.27473

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 sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  Synonym:wrestlingrassling
• 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:wrestlewrestlinggrapplehand-to-hand struggle

双语例句

• Answer: You are in good company grappling with this issue.
  答：您所在的公司很可能被这个问题所困扰。
• Americans are grappling with an unfamiliar role.
  美国人正在努力适应一个陌生角色。
• The LSE had long been criticised on speed and reliability, grappling with trading speeds of several hundred microseconds.
  LSE很早以前就抱怨速度和可靠性，几百微秒才能处理一笔交易。
• He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon
  他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。
• Grappling with a monster. One of these rabbits can easily feed eight people.
  与怪兽格斗。一只这样的巨型兔可以轻易吃掉8个人。
• But such countries are now grappling with slowing domestic growth and strong currencies.
  不过，澳大利亚和巴西现在正受困于国内经济增长放缓和本国货币走强的问题。
• Third, even at this early stage the social-impact bond is grappling with the difficulties of measurement and standardisation.
  第三，即使现在还处于很早期，社会影响债券已经在和测量以及标准化这些困难搏斗了。
• Of course, countries in this region are grappling with challenges.
  当然，这一地区的国家也面临着种种挑战。
• As it happens, real-life "robo-ethicists" are now grappling with the same question ( see article).
  巧的是，现实生活中的“机器-伦理学家”对这个问题穷追不舍（见下文）。
• Beijing, which is also grappling with corruption and inequality at home, wants a stable Hong Kong.
  正在奋力解决内地腐败和贫富不均问题的北京希望看到一个稳定的香港。