grappled

英 [ˈɡræpld]

美 [ˈɡræpld]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决
grapple的过去分词和过去式

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

• His mind has grappled with space and time, and explored the strange beauty of black holes aglow, but in recent days a more earthly problem has occupied the world's most famous scientist.
  他的思想已经掌握了空间和时间，并探索过黑洞发出红光的奇怪美景，但最近几天一个更加实际的问题已经使这位世界上最著名科学家忙碌起来。
• She grappled with the bank robber, but was thrown to the ground.
  她与抢劫银行的强盗扭打，被强盗摔倒在地上。
• We grappled with the problem.
  我们设法去解决那个问题。
• I grappled with this paradox for several years by withdrawing from anything that might lead other people.
  我与这个悖论搏斗多年，逃避任何可能领导其他人的机会。
• This week saw another round of bloodletting as they grappled with the effects of the credit crunch.
  就在他们竭力解决信贷危机影响的时候，本周又现新一轮的放血。
• The best minds in academia and government have grappled with the challenge of "too-big-to-fail".
  学术界和政府内的智囊一直在艰难应对“大而不能倒”的挑战。
• He grappled with the thief in the dark.
  他在黑暗中与小偷格斗。
• Wal-Mart has grappled with the perception in China that its prices are not the lowest, among other challenges.
  沃尔玛在中国面临的挑战之一就是，消费者认为其商品售价并不是最低的。
• William Gladstone grappled with this during the 19th-century debates about Irish home rule.
  威廉•格拉德斯通（WilliamGladstone）在19世纪有关爱尔兰自治的辩论中就曾面对过这个问题。
• The two wrestlers grappled together.
  两个摔交手扭在一起。