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

• The two grappled with each other.
  两人扭在一起。
• The best minds in academia and government have grappled with the challenge of "too-big-to-fail".
  学术界和政府内的智囊一直在艰难应对“大而不能倒”的挑战。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wal-Mart has grappled with the perception in China that its prices are not the lowest, among other challenges.
  沃尔玛在中国面临的挑战之一就是，消费者认为其商品售价并不是最低的。
• At this meeting we grappled with the most important, strategic issues in our economic relationship.
  在本次会议期间，我们重点讨论了两国经济关系中最重要的战略问题。
• I grappled with this moral dilemma.
  我拼命想摆脱这一道德上进退两难的困境。
• 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。
• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• 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。