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

• 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 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。
• Each of the technology companies is taking a slightly different approach with their new services, as the music industry grapples with a slowdown in sales of digital downloads, on top of the plummeting CD market.
  每家科技公司的新服务都将采取略有不同的方式，因为除了直线下挫的cd市场，音乐业还在努力应付数字下载销售的放缓。
• This is where computer science grapples with the practical problems of daily life.
  系统科学与理论学就是运用计算机技术去解决日常生活中的一些现实问题。
• The eyes of the world are on him as he grapples with the real-life, not theoretical, dilemma of how to respond to financial market turmoil.
  全世界的目光都集中在他身上，看他如何处理金融市场动荡这一现实生活中（而非理论上）的难题。
• While Japan grapples with all of these headaches, soccer has emerged as the unlikely bright spot, triggered by the men's surprising run last summer at the World Cup in South Africa.
  Reuters球迷在东京庆祝胜利。虽然日本还在努力解决所有这些令人头痛的问题，但日本女足却成为人们意料之外的亮点。这或许是受了去年夏天日本男足在南非世界杯上的惊人表现的推动。
• 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。
• US hedge funds and private equity firms specialising in distressed situations are gearing up new or existing European offices in expectation of a surge in opportunities as the region grapples with its sovereign debt crisis and sputtering growth.
  擅长从困境获利的美国对冲基金和私人股本公司，正在欧洲扩大现有办事处或者开设新办事处，准备迎接有望大量迸发的商机。当前，欧洲正在艰难应对主权债务危机和经济增长乏力。
• As Europe grapples with glacial growth and cavernous deficits, Asian states have rather different problems.
  在欧洲艰难应对缓慢增长和巨额赤字之际，亚洲国家面对着截然不同的问题。
• 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。