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

• US hedge funds and private equity firms specialising in distressed situations are gearing up new or existing European offices in expectation of a surge in opportunities as the region grapples with its sovereign debt crisis and sputtering growth.
  擅长从困境获利的美国对冲基金和私人股本公司，正在欧洲扩大现有办事处或者开设新办事处，准备迎接有望大量迸发的商机。当前，欧洲正在艰难应对主权债务危机和经济增长乏力。
• 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。
• As it stares down threats from Hollywood, Amazon. com, and grapples with Internet distribution problems, the question is can they be the defining digital media company or not?
  当这家公司正在跟来自好莱坞、亚马逊的威胁针锋相对，努力解决互联网分销问题的时候，一个疑问是，它能否成为一家起决定性作用的数字媒体公司？
• 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。
• Around the world he has become the familiar face of Japan, calm and confident as his nation grapples with its most serious crisis since the end of World War II.
  据路透社报道，在日本倾举国之力应对二战以来该国经历的最严重的灾难之际，冷静且自信的枝野幸男成为全世界所熟知的一张日本面孔。
• 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。
• Availability is an achievable service level characteristic that every enterprise grapples with.
  可用性是一个可实现的服务水平特征，每个公司都牢牢抓住它。
• As Europe grapples with glacial growth and cavernous deficits, Asian states have rather different problems.
  在欧洲艰难应对缓慢增长和巨额赤字之际，亚洲国家面对着截然不同的问题。
• 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。