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

• William Gladstone grappled with this during the 19th-century debates about Irish home rule.
  威廉•格拉德斯通（WilliamGladstone）在19世纪有关爱尔兰自治的辩论中就曾面对过这个问题。
• I grappled with this moral dilemma.
  我拼命想摆脱这一道德上进退两难的困境。
• 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。
• Then, individual studios grappled with rival technologies in the hope that one would become dominant in home entertainment.
  当时，面对互相竞争的技术，各电影公司苦苦挣扎，希望其中一种会在家庭娱乐领域占据统治地位。
• 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。
• Once you've grappled the fundamentals of creating a user interface, you can explore some advanced features for creating a more complex application interface.
  一旦你掌握了生成一个用户界面的原理，你可以探究一些生成一个更复杂的应用程序界面的高级特性。
• A gladiatorial combat, show, etc He grappled with the bank robber, but was thrown to the ground.
  斗士的格斗、表演等.他与抢劫银行犯格斗，但是被摔倒在地上。
• 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。
• 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。
• A grappled opponent takes a – 4 penalty on Reflex saves to avoid having his clothing and armor dissolved by the ooze's acid.
  被擒抱的目标将在避免自己的衣物和盔甲被淤泥的酸液腐蚀的反射鉴定上有一个–4的处罚。