V-I If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it. 努力解决 (问题)
The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
经济只是该国正在努力解决的几个关键问题之一。
V-RECIP If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two people grapple. 与…扭打
He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon.
他当时正与环礁湖里的一只鳄鱼搏斗。
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 grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.
他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。
France has grappled with this conundrum for years.
法国就已经为了这个难题苦恼多年。
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