grapples

英 [ˈɡræplz]

美 [ˈɡræplz]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决
grapple的第三人称单数

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

• Businesses complain they are often first to be sacrificed as the government grapples with power shortages.
  企业抱怨，政府在应对电力短缺的时候，他们往往首先成为牺牲品。
• The Prime Minister voiced his concern as India grapples with a wave of terrorist, sectarian and religious violence that has killed hundreds of people across the country in recent months.
  辛格是在印度陷入恐怖分子、分裂活动和宗教暴力浪潮之中的时候说这番话的。最近几个月，印度全国已经有几百人因此丧生。
• In recent months, prices have been pulled down by falling oil and commodities prices as well as eroding consumer demand as Japan grapples with recession.
  近几个月来，由于油价和大宗商品价格走低，以及日本陷入衰退打击了消费者的需求，物价一直在下跌。
• President Obama is considering opening up the nation's strategic oil reserve as the administration grapples with how to deal with rapidly rising gas prices.
  奥巴马考虑释放部分国家战略石油储备来应对快速提高的汽油价格。
• That is one of the difficult questions one grapples with in a Krishnamurti school.
  在克氏学校中，这是你需要与之纠缠的难题之一。
• All this comes as China grapples with a mounting water shortage.
  所有这些问题都是在中国水资源日益短缺的大背景下出现的。
• You can wield your weapon against a foe who grapples you without penalty and without first making a grapple check.
  你可以用持有的武器，对擒拿你的敌人攻击而不承受减值，无需事先进行擒拿检定。
• The eyes of the world are on him as he grapples with the real-life, not theoretical, dilemma of how to respond to financial market turmoil.
  全世界的目光都集中在他身上，看他如何处理金融市场动荡这一现实生活中（而非理论上）的难题。
• Each of the technology companies is taking a slightly different approach with their new services, as the music industry grapples with a slowdown in sales of digital downloads, on top of the plummeting CD market.
  每家科技公司的新服务都将采取略有不同的方式，因为除了直线下挫的cd市场，音乐业还在努力应付数字下载销售的放缓。
• This is where computer science grapples with the practical problems of daily life.
  系统科学与理论学就是运用计算机技术去解决日常生活中的一些现实问题。