grapple
vt. 抓住,捉牢; 搏斗; 与…格斗; 用铁锚(铁钩)钩住
vi. 抓住; 格斗
If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it.
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。
If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two people grapple .
He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...
他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。
They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
他们疯狂扭打,想把武器抢到手。
1. a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
3. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat;
1. come to terms or deal successfully with;
2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match;
The vulgarians with whom Lily and Ralph grapple unsuccessfully are accurately and acidly observed.
莉莉和拉尔夫与一些庸俗的人周旋没有成功,她把那些庸俗人的形象勾画得精确而锐利.
But the new president's most urgent task will be to grapple with the economic crisis.
但是,这位新总统的当务之急将是全力应对眼下这场经济危机.
Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results.
许多研究人员曾设法解决这个问题, 但是往往没有好结果.
As for himself, he was too tired to grapple fundamentally with the fact.
就他自己来说, 他太累了,根本不想去考虑问题的实质.
There is every reason for society to undertake programs that grapple with these problems.
社会确实没有任何理由不尽一切努力解决好这些问题.