grapple
美 [?ɡræp(?)l] 
英 ['ɡræp(?)l]
- n.格斗；緊握；抓機；同“grapnel”
- v.扭打；搏斗；努力設法解決
- 網絡抓住；抓鉤；抓斗
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：grapples 現在分詞：grappling 過去式：grappled 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [i][t] 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. 襲擊之后過路人便與這男人扭打起來。 |
| They managed to grapple him to the ground. 他們終于把他摔倒在地。 |
2. | [i] 努力設法解決to try hard to find a solution to a problem |
| The new government has yet to grapple with the problem of air pollution. 新政府還需盡力解決空氣污染問題。 |
| I was grappling to find an answer to his question. 我正在努力想辦法解決他的問題。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
希望能夠鉤住筏子一角，將它拽出激流，拖回岸邊。
She had to grapple with her homosexuality for years until she couldn't keep it bottled up and decided to come out.
她為自己的同性戀傾向糾結了很久，最后她決定出柜不再隱瞞。
The police warned the public that it would be dangerous to grapple with the wanted man, as he was armed.
警察當局警告公眾，與那個通緝犯格斗是危險的，因為他攜帶武器。
"Part of what I had to grapple with as a child was the limitations of logic, " is all he offers as an explanation.
對此他唯一能說的是：‘我小的時候感到非常不解的問題之一，就是邏輯推理的局限性。’
It comes down to what economists struggle to model and managers grapple with all day: judgment.
歸根結底，這取決于經濟學家努力建立模型、經理人整日為之撓頭的一個問題：判斷。
But am I serious enough to grapple with all this on my own?
但是我有足夠認真來獨自應對這一切嗎？
He was forced to grapple with the problem when he analysed the satellite data and found a slight decline in precipitation around Adi Ha.
當他分析了衛星數據，發現阿迪哈周圍降雨量略有下降時，他不得不盡力解決這個問題。
My mind told me, if I don't grapple with that, the children who are my audience will never trust me again.
我的想法告訴我，如果我不抓住這些靈感，我的觀眾――孩子們就不會再信任我了。
Thereafter, he began to grapple with modern events in his own way through fables that often crisscross time.
后來，他開始以自己的方式、通過時常時間交錯的寓言著手解決當代重大事件。
As America starts to grapple with its out-of-control spending habits, we as a nation really should reckon with our education costs.
隨著美國開始與它搏斗外的控制消費習慣，我們作為一個國家確實應該估計與我們的教育費用。
This was the context in which the United States attempted to grapple with the dynamics of the Soviet system.
這就是美國試圖同蘇維埃制度的原動力搏斗的來龍去脈。
Abroad, this 21st-century president will have to grapple with the sort of great-power rivalries last seen in the 19th century (see article).
在國外，這位21世紀的總統將不得不與強大的對手進行爭斗，上一次出現這種情況還要追朔到19世紀。
Ministers must eventually grapple with the question of whether to lift the ban on free schools being run for profit.
部長們最終必須抉擇是否取消禁止自由學校以盈利為目的來運行的法令。
Demand for China's exports is under threat as the U. S. recovery weakens and European officials grapple with a sovereign-debt crisis.
中國出口的需求受到威脅，削弱了美國經濟復蘇和歐洲官員因主權債務危機的搏斗。
Inside, we cover the eight common relationship stumbles most couples grapple with, as well as the six steps to help overcome them.
在這里，我們會談到這八個障礙，以及克服它們的六大步驟。
The very existence of computers has created a new range of social problems or issues with which we urgently need to grapple.
電腦的存在確實造成了一系列急需我們處理的新的社會問題。
On the way of study, we must be ready to grapple with many difficulties.
在求學的道路上，我們準備克服很多的困難。
The company has also become a focus of Washington as lawmakers and regulators grapple with online privacy issues and Internet security.
隨著立法者和管理者正努力應對網絡隱私和網絡安全問題，公司也引起了華盛頓方面的關注。
We must be prepared to grapple with the complexity of the world and the competing demands of sometimes incompatible values.
我們必須做好準備，努力應對世界的復雜性，互斥的需求以及不相容的價值觀。
She drew a deep breath and met his eyes squarely, all coquetry and airs gone as her spirit rushed out to grapple that which she feared most.
她深深地吸了口氣，勇敢地迎著他的目光，她既然敢于沖出去抓那件她最害怕的東西。一切的風情媚態便都不復存在了。
Out of the house to the nearby have the villager home shovel, pickaxe, grapple, borrowed, or simply to set bought three two pieces.
紛紛的走出大雜院到附近老鄉家借來鐵锨、镢頭、抓鉤等，有的干脆跑到集上買了三兩件來。
He did Not at all grapple with the real question.
他根本沒有設法處理真正的問題。
The Chinese government appears ready to spend billions to grapple with this dismal situation.
中國政府打算耗資數十億元來應付這個問題。
At least, cut off from the irritations of literary London, he was free to grapple unencumbered with the new novel.
不過，逃離了令人思維枯竭的倫敦，他有更多的自由投入到新小說的創作中。
He had weight and might be expected to grapple with a disease and throw it.
他威風凜凜，看樣子就是一個可以與疾病博斗，把它制服的勇士。
One of its top negotiator framed by police officials, had to grapple plotter behind forced the stage face.
一名最頂尖的談判專家被警局官員陷害，只好挾持人質把幕后主使逼上臺面。
As organizations grapple with these challenges, many are turning to software to help them comply with the law without adding staff.
在組織處理這些挑戰時，多數組織轉向能夠幫助他們遵守法律要求的、不增加人員開支的軟件系統。
Many of today's start-ups have to grapple with logistical problems that used to be the preserve of large companies.
今天，許多的初創企業不得不為了物流問題絞盡腦汁，而以前這只是大公司的問題。
Now, Uldyssian must grapple with the energies building within him -- lest they consume the last vestiges of his humanity.
現在，Uldyssian必須與在自己身體里的力量做斗爭，以免它們磨滅他最后的一點人性。
But those proceedings have been suspended for a month while prosecution and defence grapple with the latest allegations.
控辯雙方在最新審理過程中激烈周旋，訴訟已進行了一個月，至今懸而未決。
EUROPE'S year-long attempt to grapple with the sovereign-debt crisis is becoming more nailbiting by the day.
一年以來，歐洲一直為試圖解決主權債務危機而絞盡腦汁，現在，這一問題變得更加令人撓頭了。
Now Obama will have some of his own reassuring to do as we grapple with the current economic crisis.
而現在，奧巴馬將會使用一些自己獨有的方式，來鼓勵我們盡力渡過目前的經濟危機。
The company will also have to grapple with declining Hummer sales and tighter fuel efficiency standards, both in the U. S. and in China.
這家公司還將面對悍馬銷售下滑和中美兩國都提高燃油經濟性標準的挑戰。
He'll grapple and gnaw at creatures just long enough to give you some time to retreat and wing some firebombs or send some mongrels in.
它會抓住、撕咬敵人，這樣你就有足夠時間撤退或是釋放火焰骷髏，亦或是丟出幾個混血獸。
Grapple over the wall, run to the back and grapple onto the upper balcony.
翻墻進去跑到后面然后用抓鉤上到上層的陽臺。
As communities nationwide grapple with tenacious unemployment, migrant workers are often accused of stealing jobs from Americans.
當全國上下都在與頑強的失業率搏斗時，移民工人常常被指責偷走了美國人的就業機會。
The two stepsisters begin to grapple and in a minute, the beautiful dress is torn into pieces.
二個異父姊妹開始抓住，而且在分鐘中，美麗的洋裝進入塊之內被撕開。灰姑娘非常憂愁。
Presence plays an increasingly important role as companies grapple with a weak recovery and fewer management layers.
當公司在努力應對復蘇乏力和管理層級減少的困難時，領導形象的作用愈顯重要。
If you are to grapple with the difficult process of thinking in writing, I cannot afford to spend time reminding you of formal rules.
如果說你為思考寫作的困難過程而抓狂，我不能忍受的是，再花時間提醒你寫作的規范。
Even if Mr Rogers, a writer and human-rights activist, knew Burmese, he would grapple with the secrecy that surrounds the junta.
盡管羅杰斯先生是一位作家兼人權主義者，并且了解緬甸人，但是他還是要和包圍在執政黨周圍的秘密做斗爭。
