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

• More destabilising disagreements on the Council are near-inevitable as the ECB grapples with the enormous monetary challenges of austerity, along with rising debt among Southern euro members and export-led growth among northern creditor states.
  随着欧洲央行艰难处理财政紧缩带来的巨大货币政策挑战，同时还有欧元区南部国家日益加重的债务负担以及北部债权国出口带动的经济增长，在委员会中产生更多破坏稳定的分歧几乎不可避免。
• 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。
• 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。
• The ministry's guidelines, issued in a circular, come as China grapples with frequent choking smog in its big cities, a consequence of years of breakneck economic growth that has fuelled public anger.
  中国环保部门在公告里发布了这些指导方针，而此时中国的大城市正在与令人窒息的持续雾霾天气作斗争这也是多年经济飞速发展的后果，这样的现状让公众们感到愤怒。
• A hundred years later, San Francisco still grapples with its past.
  一百年以后，旧金山仍旧在克服着过去的困难。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Obama administration has set the stage for a fierce debate over a US ban on crude oil exports by allowing more overseas sales of lightly processed oil as it grapples with the consequences of cheap crude.
  奥巴马政府为围绕美国原油出口禁令展开激烈辩论做好了准备。为应对廉价原油所带来的影响，美国将允许将更多轻加工石油出口到海外。
• 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 Fed appeared to be playing for time, delaying decisions about its next steps for as long as possible as it grapples with the limits of its ability to improve economic conditions.
  美联储似乎在争取时间，在应对自身改善经济状况能力的种种局限的同时，尽可能地推迟有关未来行动的决定。