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grapple

美音:[´græpəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.格斗

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名词:grappler 动词过去式:grappled 过去分词:grappled 现在分词:grappling 第三人称单数:grapples

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grapple


/'græpl; `ˇræpl/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb/sth)
1 seize (an opponent) firmly and try to fight 扭住(对手)格斗; 扭打
*She grappled with her assailant but he got away. 她与袭击者扭打而他却逃走了.
2 (fig 比喻) work hard to overcome (a difficulty) 努力克服(困难)
*He has been grappling with the problem for a long time. 他长期以来一直努力解决该问题.

grapple


v [I]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: grappelle, from grape; GRAPE]
to fight or struggle with someone, holding them tightly
= wrestlegrapple with
 Two men grappled with a guard at the door.
grapple with [grapple with sth] phr v
to try hard to deal with or understand something difficult
 The Government has to grapple with the problem of unemployment.
 Molly's upstairs grappling with her maths homework.
1. The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.
    我家的男人们手拿船篙过被水淹没草场,希望能够钩住筏子的一角,将它拽出激流,拖回岸边。他们终于成功了。

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