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

• 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。
• 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。
• I grappled with this moral dilemma.
  我拼命想摆脱这一道德上进退两难的困境。
• 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。
• We grappled with the problem.
  我们设法去解决那个问题。
• The old lady grappled unsuccessfully with her assailant.
  老妇人没能成功地抓住袭击者。
• 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。
• Luckily, bigger brains than mine have grappled with this question.
  幸运的是比我更聪明的人已经解决了这个问题。
• 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。
• The two wrestlers grappled together.
  两个摔交手扭在一起。