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

• But, though these initiatives are valuable, policy makers are not grappling with the core dilemma.
  虽然这些计划很有价值，但政策制定者们没有抓住金融市场面临的核心难题。
• 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。
• What is reality? French physicist Bernard d'Espagnat, 87, has spent a lifetime grappling with this question.
  什么是真实？法国物理学家伯纳德，花了一生的时间回答这个问题。
• Why are so many traders at their wits'end, grappling with the obvious contradiction?
  为什么很多交易者绞尽脑汁地和明显的矛盾斗争？
• We know that he traveled to Yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies.
  我们了解到，嫌犯之前到过也门也门是一个深受贫困和暴乱困扰的国家。
• Both China and the US are grappling with these fundamental issues that globalisation poses.
  中国和美国都正在努力应对全球化带来的这些根本问题。
• 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。
• France is grappling with low growth, high unemployment and waning competitiveness.
  法国正在努力应对增长缓慢、高失业率和竞争力不断下降的状况。
• 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）。
• 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。