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

• They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
  他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。
• Wal-Mart has grappled with the perception in China that its prices are not the lowest, among other challenges.
  沃尔玛在中国面临的挑战之一就是，消费者认为其商品售价并不是最低的。
• 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。
• She grappled with her assailant but he got away. The guards wrestled with the intruders.
  她与袭击者扭打而他却逃走了.护卫员同闯入的人扭打起来。
• The two grappled with each other.
  两人扭在一起。
• A grappled opponent takes a – 4 penalty on Reflex saves to avoid having his clothing and armor dissolved by the ooze's acid.
  被擒抱的目标将在避免自己的衣物和盔甲被淤泥的酸液腐蚀的反射鉴定上有一个–4的处罚。
• We grappled with the problem.
  我们设法去解决那个问题。
• 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。
• Then, individual studios grappled with rival technologies in the hope that one would become dominant in home entertainment.
  当时，面对互相竞争的技术，各电影公司苦苦挣扎，希望其中一种会在家庭娱乐领域占据统治地位。
• But towards the end of the decade the meetings lost this momentum as G8 leaders grappled with the financial crisis threatening all development strategies and the challenge of climate change.
  但是在这10年的末尾，随着西方8国领导人应对威胁着所有发展策略的金融危机以及气候变化的挑战，这些峰会失去了这种动力。