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

• But towards the end of the decade the meetings lost this momentum as G8 leaders grappled with the financial crisis threatening all development strategies and the challenge of climate change.
  但是在这10年的末尾，随着西方8国领导人应对威胁着所有发展策略的金融危机以及气候变化的挑战，这些峰会失去了这种动力。
• Grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.
  与他们的良知抗争；与我们这个时代的政治现实抗争。
• In other countries, demographers have also grappled with theories of baby booms linked to specific events.
  在其他国家，人口统计学家还坚持着婴儿潮与特定事件有关联的理论。
• 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。
• She grappled with her assailant but he got away. The guards wrestled with the intruders.
  她与袭击者扭打而他却逃走了.护卫员同闯入的人扭打起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• The two grappled with each other.
  两人扭在一起。