grapple
vt. 抓住,捉牢; 搏鬥; 與…格鬥; 用鐵錨(鐵鉤)鉤住
vi. 抓住; 格鬥
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.
經濟問題只是該國正竭力解決的幾個關鍵問題之一。
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...
他正在環礁湖裡與一隻短吻鱷搏鬥。
They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
他們瘋狂扭打,想把武器搶到手。
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.
莉莉和拉爾夫與一些庸俗的人周旋沒有成功,她把那些庸俗人的形象勾畫得精確而銳利.
But the new president's most urgent task will be to grapple with the economic crisis.
但是,這位新總統的當務之急將是全力應對眼下這場經濟危機.
Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results.
許多研究人員曾設法解決這個問題, 但是往往沒有好結果.
As for himself, he was too tired to grapple fundamentally with the fact.
就他自己來說, 他太累了,根本不想去考慮問題的實質.
There is every reason for society to undertake programs that grapple with these problems.
社會確實沒有任何理由不盡一切努力解決好這些問題.