英语词汇“grapple”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINgrapple

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French grappelle, from grape; ➔ GRAPE

VERB TABLE

grapple

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	grapple
	he, she, it	grapples
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	grappled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have grappled
	he, she, it	has grappled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had grappled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will grapple
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have grappled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am grappling
	he, she, it	is grappling
	you, we, they	are grappling
Past	I, he, she, it	was grappling
	you, we, they	were grappling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been grappling
	he, she, it	has been grappling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been grappling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be grappling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been grappling

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But it also stirred feelings of guilt and pity within me which I am still grappling to explain to myself.
Finally the book also exposes you to the experience of change through a number of stories of people grappling with behavior-driven challenges.
Memory and imagination were grappling at each other's throats, and these people would lose if he lay here much longer.
Their history, their grappling with the meaning of freedom, was here and now.
This 1995 work is his first to grapple with the social changes of the new political reality.
Together, they grapple with concerns that confront us all as citizens.
We grapple on the wet ground - both of us with a hand on his gun.

Longman Language Activatorto deal with a problem or difficult situation► tackle

to begin to deal with a problem in a determined way, especially a big or complicated problem: · Many schools are now trying to tackle the problem of drug abuse.· The new laws are aimed at tackling unemployment.tackle something head on (=deal with something in a direct and determined way): · Police forces in the area are trying to tackle car crime head on.

► handle

to deal with a problem or a difficult situation, especially in an effective or confident way: · There were a few problems, but nothing I couldn't handle.· A lot of people find it difficult to handle criticism.handle something well/badly: · The whole situation has been very badly handled.· It's her first year as a doctor, but she is handling the pressures of the job very well.

► sort out

especially British to deal with small but difficult problems that are causing trouble or preventing you from doing something: · I spent the weekend sorting out my tax affairs.· We'll have to sort your immigration status out before we can offer you a job.sort yourself out (=deal with any personal problems you have): · I decided to take a week's holiday to try and sort myself out.

► grapple with

to try hard to deal with a difficult problem or situation, especially for a long time: · The authorities have been grappling with the problem for a decade, but cars still choke the streets in the rush hour.· There is no environmental policy in a country that is still grappling with increasing poverty.

► take the bull by the horns

to deal with a difficult situation or problem in a quick, confident, and determined way: · Helena decided to take the bull by the horns and organize the show herself.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► issue

· Some films show their makers grappling with contemporary issues, without always the level of visual inventiveness applied elsewhere.· He accepts that aid agencies are grappling with highly complex issues.

► problem

· The authorities have been grappling with the problem for a decade, but still the cars choke the cobbled streets.· Right now Waid is grappling with the problem of space in his compositions.· At worst, they merely signal a reluctance or inability to grapple with those problems.· Parents who grapple with the problem from the start seem to get through the adjustments much better.· Secondly, the profession needs to grapple with the problem of substandard training in research.· One corner of the Instrumentation and Control Board activities was concerned for weeks or months with grappling with the problem.· Then, with the body subdued, one might at last grapple with the real problems.