grapple

英 [ˈɡræpl]

美 [ˈɡræpl]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决

现在分词：grappling　过去式：grappled　过去分词：grappled　第三人称单数：grapples　复数：grapples　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11170 / COCA.8354

牛津词典

verb

• 扭打；搏斗
  to take a firm hold of sb/sth and struggle with them
  1. Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack.
     袭击之后过路人便与这男人扭打起来。
  2. They managed to grapple him to the ground.
     他们终于把他摔倒在地。
• 努力设法解决
  to try hard to find a solution to a problem
  1. The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution.
     新政府还需尽力解决空气污染问题。
  2. I was grappling to find an answer to his question.
     我正在努力解决他的问题。

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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
  1. they had a fierce wrestle
  2. we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
  Synonym:wrestlewrestlinggrapplinghand-to-hand struggle
• a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
  Synonym:clamshell
• a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding
  Synonym:grapnelgrapplergrappling hookgrappling iron

verb

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
  1. the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
  Synonym:grip
• come to terms with
  1. We got by on just a gallon of gas
  2. They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
  Synonym:copeget bymake outmake docontenddealmanage

双语例句

• He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon
  他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。
• Although scientists have done a lot of thinking about global warming, they are just beginning to grapple with the problem of how global warming and solar dimming interact.
  尽管科学家们就全球变暖问题作出了很多思考，但是对地球变暖和太阳光照变弱这两方面怎样发生相互作用的问题的研究才刚刚开始。
• We haven't got a hook and grapple.
  但是我们没有吊钩和多爪锚。
• But am I serious enough to grapple with all this on my own?
  但是我有足够认真来独自应对这一切吗？
• We should still be able to get him with the grapple.
  我们仍然可以用抓斗抓住他。
• Brazil continues to grapple with above-target inflation and its attempts to display fiscal consolidation to regain policy credibility.
  巴西仍在竭力应对高于目标水平的通胀，并努力展示财政整固以恢复政策信誉。
• He did not at all grapple with the real question.
  他根本没有设法处理真正的问题。
• I want to see business people and policymakers grapple with the issues.
  我希望能看到商业人士和政策制定者在讨论问题时唇枪舌剑。
• This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.
  这就是美国试图同苏维埃制度的原动力搏斗的来龙去脉。
• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。