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

• 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。
• 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。
• He grappled with the thief in the dark.
  他在黑暗中与小偷格斗。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I grappled with this moral dilemma.
  我拼命想摆脱这一道德上进退两难的困境。
• This week saw another round of bloodletting as they grappled with the effects of the credit crunch.
  就在他们竭力解决信贷危机影响的时候，本周又现新一轮的放血。
• We grappled with the problem.
  我们设法去解决那个问题。
• 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。