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

• I grappled with this moral dilemma.
  我拼命想摆脱这一道德上进退两难的困境。
• Grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time.
  与他们的良知抗争；与我们这个时代的政治现实抗争。
• Last month's disaster struck in northeastern Japan, a region that has traditionally grappled with higher suicide rates.
  上个月的灾难席卷了日本的东北部，而这个地区在传统上就是自杀率较高的地区。
• A politician who grappled with it would earn the gratitude of millions.
  能够解决这个问题的政治家将赢得数百万人的感激。
• She grappled with the bank robber, but was thrown to the ground.
  她与抢劫银行的强盗扭打，被强盗摔倒在地上。
• 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。
• Some one tried to poach our market manager; she grappled with her moral dilemma.
  有人狡计挖走我们的市场主管，面对这种德性困难，她举办了剧烈的思惟斗争。
• 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。
• Some of these questions we have grappled with; at others we have done little more than glance.
  这些问题中的有一些我们努力探究过了；在其他的我们不比匆匆扫视做得更多。
• The two wrestlers grappled together.
  两个摔交手扭在一起。