grapple

US [ˈɡræp(ə)l]
UK ['ɡræp(ə)l]
  • n.格斗；紧握；抓机；同“grapnel”
  • v.扭打；搏斗；努力设法解决
  • Web抓住；抓钩；抓斗
Simple Present：grapples  Present Participle：grappling  Past Tense：grappled  

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grapple
v.
1.
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扭打；搏斗to take a firm hold of sb/sth and struggle with them
Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack.
袭击之后过路人便与这男人扭打起来。
They managed to grapple him to the ground.
他们终于把他摔倒在地。
2.
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努力设法解决to try hard to find a solution to a problem
The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution.
新政府还需尽力解决空气污染问题。
I was grappling to find an answer to his question.
我正在努力想办法解决他的问题。

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AllAll,格斗格斗,紧握紧握,抓机抓机,扭打扭打,搏斗搏斗,努力设法解决努力设法解决,抓住抓住,抓钩抓钩,抓斗抓斗
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1.
in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
希望能够钩住筏子一角，将它拽出激流，拖回岸边。
xī wàng néng gòu gōu zhù fá zi yī jiǎo , jiāng tā zhuài chū jī liú , tuō huí àn biān 。
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2.
She had to grapple with her homosexuality for years until she couldn't keep it bottled up and decided to come out.
她为自己的同性恋倾向纠结了很久，最后她决定出柜不再隐瞒。
tā wèi zì jǐ de tóng xìng liàn qīng xiàng jiū jié le hěn jiǔ , zuì hòu tā jué dìng chū guì bú zài yǐn mán 。
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3.
The police warned the public that it would be dangerous to grapple with the wanted man, as he was armed.
警察当局警告公众，与那个通缉犯格斗是危险的，因为他携带武器。
jǐng chá dāng jú jǐng gào gōng zhòng , yǔ nà ge tōng jī fàn gé dòu shì wēi xiǎn de , yīn wèi tā xié dài wǔ qì 。
4.
"Part of what I had to grapple with as a child was the limitations of logic, " is all he offers as an explanation.
对此他唯一能说的是：‘我小的时候感到非常不解的问题之一，就是逻辑推理的局限性。’
duì cǐ tā wéi yī néng shuō de shì : ' wǒ xiǎo de shí hou gǎn dào fēi cháng bù jiě de wèn tí zhī yī , jiù shì luó jí tuī lǐ de jú xiàn xìng 。 '
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5.
It comes down to what economists struggle to model and managers grapple with all day: judgment.
归根结底，这取决于经济学家努力建立模型、经理人整日为之挠头的一个问题：判断。
guī gēn jié dǐ , zhè qǔ jué yú jīng jì xué jiā nǔ lì jiàn lì mó xíng 、 jīng lǐ rén zhěng rì wèi zhī náo tóu de yī gè wèn tí : pàn duàn 。
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6.
My mind told me, if I don't grapple with that, the children who are my audience will never trust me again.
我的想法告诉我，如果我不抓住这些灵感，我的观众――孩子们就不会再信任我了。
wǒ de xiǎng fǎ gào su wǒ , rú guǒ wǒ bù zhuā zhù zhè xiē líng gǎn , wǒ de guān zhòng ― ― hái zi men jiù bú huì zài xìn rèn wǒ le 。
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7.
Thereafter, he began to grapple with modern events in his own way through fables that often crisscross time.
后来，他开始以自己的方式、通过时常时间交错的寓言着手解决当代重大事件。
hòu lái , tā kāi shǐ yǐ zì jǐ de fāng shì 、 tōng guò shí cháng shí jiān jiāo cuò de yù yán zhuó shǒu jiě jué dāng dài zhòng dà shì jiàn 。
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8.
As America starts to grapple with its out-of-control spending habits, we as a nation really should reckon with our education costs.
随着美国开始与它搏斗外的控制消费习惯，我们作为一个国家确实应该估计与我们的教育费用。
suí zhe měi guó kāi shǐ yǔ tā bó dòu wài de kòng zhì xiāo fèi xí guàn , wǒ men zuò wéi yī gè guó jiā què shí yīng gāi gū jì yǔ wǒ men de jiào yù fèi yòng 。
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9.
This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.
这就是美国试图同苏维埃制度的原动力搏斗的来龙去脉。
zhè jiù shì měi guó shì tú tóng sū wéi āi zhì dù de yuán dòng lì bó dòu de lái lóng qù mài 。
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10.
Ministers must eventually grapple with the question of whether to lift the ban on free schools being run for profit.
部长们最终必须抉择是否取消禁止自由学校以盈利为目的来运行的法令。
bù zhǎng men zuì zhōng bì xū jué zé shì fǒu qǔ xiāo jìn zhǐ zì yóu xué xiào yǐ yíng lì wéi mù dì lái yùn xíng de fǎ lìng 。
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