单词 | cope |
释义 | cope (once / 646 pages) 1v 2n 3n If you are able to cope with something, you are able to deal with it. If you can cope with waiting in long lines, you'll get the best seats. If you can cope with the stress, you will be excellent at defusing bombs. From the Old French couper, cope means “come to blows with." Coping can imply struggle, but it’s usually met with success or at the very least, not failure. Another word to describe the balancing act of a mother who takes care of three children while also working part-time and pursuing a graduate degree is coping. “Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness,” warns Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. WORD FAMILYcope: coped, copes, coping+/coping: copings USAGE EXAMPLESIn December, Roraima’s governor declared a state of emergency and appealed for federal assistance to cope with the crush of border-crossers. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Negative emotions may be easier to cope with when channelled into words spoken to ourselves. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) I introduced mindfulness meditation into my life to help cope with a history of high blood pressure and depression. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 v come to terms with 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage extemporize, improvise manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand fendtry to manage without help cut, hackbe able to manage or manage successfully rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze bymanage one's existence barely cope with, match, meetsatisfy or fulfill act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) n a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions 3Hyper cloak a loose outer garment n brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall Syn|Hyper coping, header brick rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material |
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