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

• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• Last month's disaster struck in northeastern Japan, a region that has traditionally grappled with higher suicide rates.
  上个月的灾难席卷了日本的东北部，而这个地区在传统上就是自杀率较高的地区。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our soldiers grappled with the enemy at close range.
  我们的战士和敌人短兵相接地搏斗。
• The two wrestlers grappled together.
  两个摔交手扭在一起。
• 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。
• Having grappled with the crisis and overcome many of the economic vulnerabilities that led to it, East Asia is fast becoming a middle income region.
  东亚经过与危机作斗争，克服了导致危机的许多经济脆弱性之后，正在迅速成为一个中等收入地区。
• He grappled with the thief in the dark.
  他在黑暗中与小偷格斗。
• Some of these questions we have grappled with; at others we have done little more than glance.
  这些问题中的有一些我们努力探究过了；在其他的我们不比匆匆扫视做得更多。