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。
• 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。
• US hedge funds and private equity firms specialising in distressed situations are gearing up new or existing European offices in expectation of a surge in opportunities as the region grapples with its sovereign debt crisis and sputtering growth.
  擅长从困境获利的美国对冲基金和私人股本公司，正在欧洲扩大现有办事处或者开设新办事处，准备迎接有望大量迸发的商机。当前，欧洲正在艰难应对主权债务危机和经济增长乏力。
• 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。
• 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。
• Businesses complain they are often first to be sacrificed as the government grapples with power shortages.
  企业抱怨，政府在应对电力短缺的时候，他们往往首先成为牺牲品。
• Around the world he has become the familiar face of Japan, calm and confident as his nation grapples with its most serious crisis since the end of World War II.
  据路透社报道，在日本倾举国之力应对二战以来该国经历的最严重的灾难之际，冷静且自信的枝野幸男成为全世界所熟知的一张日本面孔。
• President Obama is considering opening up the nation's strategic oil reserve as the administration grapples with how to deal with rapidly rising gas prices.
  奥巴马考虑释放部分国家战略石油储备来应对快速提高的汽油价格。
• 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。
• 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。