| 单词 | grapple |
| 释义 | grapple (once / 1043 pages) 1vn 2n When you wrestle with something — literally or figuratively — you grapple with it, or try to overcome it. If you trace the word grapple back to its French roots, you’ll discover that the word originally referred to "a grape hook," a pronged tool used to harvest grapes. If you think about how awkward it would be to harvest grapes, with the individual grapes ready to scatter everywhere, it makes sense that grapple eventually evolved to include a verb form used to describe struggling with something unruly. You might grapple with a budget shortfall, grapple for answers, grapple with a wrestling opponent, or grapple with a new technology. WORD FAMILYgrapple: grappled, grappler, grapples, grappling+/grappler: grapplers/grappling: grapplings USAGE EXAMPLESProgressive parties need to grapple with four main issues. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) In a stuffy second-floor squad room, the detectives of the 40th Precinct grapple with an inheritance of government neglect. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Here, seven that offer everything from brisk efficiency tips to profound discussions that will help you grapple with life’s bigger questions. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v come to terms with Syn|Hypo|Hyper contend, cope, deal, get by, 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) 2v to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match the two men grappled with each other for several minutes Syn|Hyper grip clutch, prehend, seize take hold of; grab 3n a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope Syn|Hypo|Hyper grapnel, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron crampon, crampoon a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation 4n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat 2Syn|Hyper grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, wrestle, wrestling struggle strenuous effort n a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam Syn|Hyper clamshell dredging bucket a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed |
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