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 ministry's guidelines, issued in a circular, come as China grapples with frequent choking smog in its big cities, a consequence of years of breakneck economic growth that has fuelled public anger.
  中国环保部门在公告里发布了这些指导方针，而此时中国的大城市正在与令人窒息的持续雾霾天气作斗争这也是多年经济飞速发展的后果，这样的现状让公众们感到愤怒。
• Each of the technology companies is taking a slightly different approach with their new services, as the music industry grapples with a slowdown in sales of digital downloads, on top of the plummeting CD market.
  每家科技公司的新服务都将采取略有不同的方式，因为除了直线下挫的cd市场，音乐业还在努力应付数字下载销售的放缓。
• While Japan grapples with all of these headaches, soccer has emerged as the unlikely bright spot, triggered by the men's surprising run last summer at the World Cup in South Africa.
  Reuters球迷在东京庆祝胜利。虽然日本还在努力解决所有这些令人头痛的问题，但日本女足却成为人们意料之外的亮点。这或许是受了去年夏天日本男足在南非世界杯上的惊人表现的推动。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is one of the difficult questions one grapples with in a Krishnamurti school.
  在克氏学校中，这是你需要与之纠缠的难题之一。
• 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。
• You can wield your weapon against a foe who grapples you without penalty and without first making a grapple check.
  你可以用持有的武器，对擒拿你的敌人攻击而不承受减值，无需事先进行擒拿检定。
• A hundred years later, San Francisco still grapples with its past.
  一百年以后，旧金山仍旧在克服着过去的困难。
• The Prime Minister voiced his concern as India grapples with a wave of terrorist, sectarian and religious violence that has killed hundreds of people across the country in recent months.
  辛格是在印度陷入恐怖分子、分裂活动和宗教暴力浪潮之中的时候说这番话的。最近几个月，印度全国已经有几百人因此丧生。