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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As Europe grapples with glacial growth and cavernous deficits, Asian states have rather different problems.
  在欧洲艰难应对缓慢增长和巨额赤字之际，亚洲国家面对着截然不同的问题。
• The eyes of the world are on him as he grapples with the real-life, not theoretical, dilemma of how to respond to financial market turmoil.
  全世界的目光都集中在他身上，看他如何处理金融市场动荡这一现实生活中（而非理论上）的难题。
• She grapples with typical teenage dilemmas, but these seemingly imperative issues are quickly forgotten when an accident kills her and her family.
  她陷入了典型的成长的烦恼，但是当一场车祸杀死了她和她的家人那些看似重要的事情很快被遗忘。
• At the moment, we are facing tremendous challenges as our economy grapples with restructuring.
  目前，我们正面临经济转型的重大挑战。
• The Obama administration has set the stage for a fierce debate over a US ban on crude oil exports by allowing more overseas sales of lightly processed oil as it grapples with the consequences of cheap crude.
  奥巴马政府为围绕美国原油出口禁令展开激烈辩论做好了准备。为应对廉价原油所带来的影响，美国将允许将更多轻加工石油出口到海外。
• This is where computer science grapples with the practical problems of daily life.
  系统科学与理论学就是运用计算机技术去解决日常生活中的一些现实问题。
• Analysts say the weakening inflation means the government can focus on maintaining economic growth, even as it grapples with the increased risks of an excessive slowdown.
  分师家称，通胀减弱意味着政府可以专注于保持经济增长，尤其当在政府尽力解决不断增加的经济过度的风险时。