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

• 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 powwow came just one week after a Kremlin meeting with Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian President, to discuss ways to combat the crisis that threatens to envelop the sector as it grapples with huge debts and plummeting revenues.
  仅仅一周之前，两人曾与俄总统德米特里梅德韦杰夫（dmitrymedvedev）会晤，讨论采取措施抗击可能笼罩金属业的危机，该行业目前正竭力应对巨额债务和营收的大幅下降。
• Analysts say the weakening inflation means the government can focus on maintaining economic growth, even as it grapples with the increased risks of an excessive slowdown.
  分师家称，通胀减弱意味着政府可以专注于保持经济增长，尤其当在政府尽力解决不断增加的经济过度的风险时。
• The damaging portrayal of British youth makes unwelcome reading for the government of Tony Blair, prime minister, as it grapples with contentious policies on teenage pregnancy, binge drinking and antisocial behaviour.
  这种有损于英国青年形象的描述，对英国首相托尼•布莱尔（TonyBlair）的政府来说可不是好消息，这届政府在未成年人怀孕、酗酒和反社会行为等有争议的政策上伤透了脑筋。
• 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？
• As China grapples with power shortages ahead of the summer peak consumption season, electricity demand is expected to grow even further.
  尽管中国在夏季用电高峰期前就开始努力对付电力短缺问题，但是用电需求预计增加更多。
• 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。
• At the moment, we are facing tremendous challenges as our economy grapples with restructuring.
  目前，我们正面临经济转型的重大挑战。
• 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。
• 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。