grappling

英 [ˈɡræplɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡræplɪŋ]

v.  扭打; 搏斗; 努力设法解决
grapple的现在分词

现在分词：grappling　复数：grapplings　

BNC.39780 / COCA.27473

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。

英英释义

noun

• the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  Synonym:wrestlingrassling
• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
  1. they had a fierce wrestle
  2. we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
  Synonym:wrestlewrestlinggrapplehand-to-hand struggle

双语例句

• As it happens, real-life "robo-ethicists" are now grappling with the same question ( see article).
  巧的是，现实生活中的“机器-伦理学家”对这个问题穷追不舍（见下文）。
• Americans are grappling with an unfamiliar role.
  美国人正在努力适应一个陌生角色。
• What is reality? French physicist Bernard d'Espagnat, 87, has spent a lifetime grappling with this question.
  什么是真实？法国物理学家伯纳德，花了一生的时间回答这个问题。
• But India and China are grappling with different issues.
  但印度和中国需要解决的问题并不一样。
• Third, even at this early stage the social-impact bond is grappling with the difficulties of measurement and standardisation.
  第三，即使现在还处于很早期，社会影响债券已经在和测量以及标准化这些困难搏斗了。
• Both China and the US are grappling with these fundamental issues that globalisation poses.
  中国和美国都正在努力应对全球化带来的这些根本问题。
• No& because we're still grappling with infectious diseases.
  没有&因为我们还在与传染性疾病作斗争。
• We know that he traveled to Yemen, a country grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgencies.
  我们了解到，嫌犯之前到过也门也门是一个深受贫困和暴乱困扰的国家。
• But such countries are now grappling with slowing domestic growth and strong currencies.
  不过，澳大利亚和巴西现在正受困于国内经济增长放缓和本国货币走强的问题。
• Beijing, which is also grappling with corruption and inequality at home, wants a stable Hong Kong.
  正在奋力解决内地腐败和贫富不均问题的北京希望看到一个稳定的香港。