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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Prime Minister voiced his concern as India grapples with a wave of terrorist, sectarian and religious violence that has killed hundreds of people across the country in recent months.
  辛格是在印度陷入恐怖分子、分裂活动和宗教暴力浪潮之中的时候说这番话的。最近几个月，印度全国已经有几百人因此丧生。
• 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。
• 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 preacher grapples with his text, wasting on effort in wooing the audience.
  传教士紧紧抓住经文，尽力说服听众。
• 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。
• 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？