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

• 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。
• I grappled with this paradox for several years by withdrawing from anything that might lead other people.
  我与这个悖论搏斗多年，逃避任何可能领导其他人的机会。
• She grappled with her assailant but he got away. The guards wrestled with the intruders.
  她与袭击者扭打而他却逃走了.护卫员同闯入的人扭打起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old lady grappled unsuccessfully with her assailant.
  老妇人没能成功地抓住袭击者。
• 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。
• Having grappled with the crisis and overcome many of the economic vulnerabilities that led to it, East Asia is fast becoming a middle income region.
  东亚经过与危机作斗争，克服了导致危机的许多经济脆弱性之后，正在迅速成为一个中等收入地区。
• The two wrestlers grappled together.
  两个摔交手扭在一起。