grapple

1. 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。

2. 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。