grapple with sth
grapple with 后常接问题、困难等抽象名词，强调努力应对而非轻易解决。
The government is grappling with a serious housing shortage.
政府正在努力应对严重的住房短缺问题。
扭打；摔跤；抓住；紧握；固定；使牢固结合；攀爬；用抓钩钩住并吊起
To struggle to deal with or understand a difficult problem or issue.
抓住某物并紧握不放。
To seize something and hold it firmly.
用抓钩固定；(引申)固定；牢固结合
To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
摔跤或扭打
To wrestle or tussle.
攀爬(无论是用抓钩和绳索,还是徒手等)
To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
思考并深入评估问题；努力处理
To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
使用抓钩(例如尝试寻找、钩住并提升网或电缆)
To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).
用抓钩钩住并提升
To hook and raise with a grapple.
一般现在时
He grapples with the problem every day.
他每天都在努力解决这个问题。
现在进行时
She is grappling with the heavy box.
她正在费力地搬那个沉重的箱子。
一般过去时
They grappled with the enemy in the dark.
他们在黑暗中与敌人扭打。
She grappled with the decision to move abroad for weeks.
她为是否移居国外这个决定苦苦挣扎了好几个星期。
用法提示：动词短语 grappled with 表示长时间努力应对、思索一个难题；此处用过去式。
The team is grappling with how to finish the project on time.
团队正在努力解决如何按时完成项目的问题。
用法提示：现在进行时 is grappling with 表示正在艰难地处理当前问题。
He had to grapple with his fear of public speaking before the presentation.
演讲前他不得不努力克服对公开讲话的恐惧。
用法提示：不定式 to grapple with 表示不得不面对并处理内心的恐惧。
grapple with 后常接问题、困难等抽象名词，强调努力应对而非轻易解决。
The government is grappling with a serious housing shortage.
政府正在努力应对严重的住房短缺问题。
grapple with sb 指与某人扭打、搏斗；也可引申为与对手或难题正面较量。
Two wrestlers grappled with each other on the mat.
两名摔跤手在垫子上扭打在一起。
作及物动词时，grapple 表示抓住并紧握，宾语通常是具体物体。
She grappled the railing to keep from falling.
她紧紧抓住栏杆，以免摔倒。
tackle 侧重开始处理并付诸行动，比 grapple 更积极果断；宾语常为问题、任务，不含内心纠结。
address 较正式，指认真考虑并着手解决，多用于书面或正式场合；不用于体力或打斗义。
confront 强调不回避、直接面对，语气较强；grapple with 更强调反复努力的过程。
wrestle with 与 grapple with 在“努力应对难题”上非常接近，但更突出内心较劲；必须用 with 接宾语。
deal with 语义最宽泛，可指任何处理；grapple with 则突出费力、艰难，因此简单任务上不宜互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company is grappling the new regulations.
正确表达The company is grappling with the new regulations.
表示“努力应对、设法解决”时，grapple 是不及物动词，必须与介词 with 搭配，构成 grapple with sth；汉语的“应对/处理”可直接带宾语，不能把这套及物用法搬到英语里，所以要在宾语前加上 with。
grammar · medium
易错句子I can't grapple the meaning of this sentence.
正确表达I can't grasp the meaning of this sentence.
表示“理解、领会”时英语用及物动词 grasp，不用 grapple；grapple 侧重“用尽全力应对难题”或“扭打”，不能表示“弄懂意思”，所以这里必须换成 grasp。
grammar · medium
易错句子She grappled to finish the project on time.
正确表达She struggled to finish the project on time.
表示“费力做某事”时用 struggle to do sth；grapple 后面不接不定式，它通常与 with 搭配表示“设法应对（难题）”，所以要把 grappled 改成 struggled。
本组反义词对应 grapple 的“努力处理（问题）”义项（如 grapple with a problem）。avoid 侧重不正面接触，是这一义项的常规反义词。
与 avoid 不同，ignore 强调对问题故意视而不见，不采取任何行动。
surrender 指停止挣扎、听任失败，与 grapple 中“用力搏斗”的意味相反，仅适用于对抗性语境。
努力解决难题
The engineers are still grappling with the problem.
工程师们仍在努力解决这个难题。
认真应对问题
She has been grappling with this issue since last year.
从去年起她一直在认真应对这个问题。
苦思一个问题
Philosophers have long grappled with the question of free will.
哲学家们长期苦思自由意志的问题。
奋力应对挑战
Small businesses are grappling with the challenge of rising costs.
小企业正奋力应对成本上涨的挑战。
与对手扭打
The two fighters grappled with each other in the ring.
两名拳手在擂台上互相扭打。
grapp-（词根：钩）+ -le（后缀：表示反复动作）。无前缀。同根词：grapnel（抓钩）；同后缀词：wrestle, tackle。
grapple 常指与困难或挑战作斗争，challenge 是这类困难本身。
grapple with 的对象常是障碍或难题，表示努力克服。
grapple with a problem 是常见搭配，表示深入思考并处理问题。
grapple 也可指身体扭打或较劲，conflict 描述这种对抗关系。
grapple 强调与之搏斗，overcome 则强调最终战胜这一困难。
努力解决；苦思（难题）
The company is still grappling with the financial crisis.
公司仍在努力应对金融危机。
受良心拷问；在道义上纠结
She grappled with her conscience before reporting the mistake.
她在报告错误之前受到了良心的拷问。
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努力应对后果
The region is still grappling with the consequences of the flood.
该地区仍在努力应对洪灾造成的后果。