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grapple

/grap-uhl/US // ˈgræp əl //UK // (ˈɡræpəl) //

扭打,抓斗,扭伤,扭转

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
grap·pled, grap·pling.
- : to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- : to use a grapple.
- : to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch.
- : to engage in a struggle or close encounter: He was grappling with a boy twice his size.
- : to try to overcome or deal: to grapple with a problem.

v.有主动词 verb

1
grap·pled, grap·pling.
- : to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.
- : to seize in a grip, take hold of: The thug grappled him around the neck.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
- : a seizing or gripping.
- : a grip or close hold in wrestling or hand-to-hand fighting.
- : a close, hand-to-hand fight.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgrab, wrestle

Forms: grappling

Synonyms

confront对抗,对峙,对付,应对 contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取 cope应对,应对措施 deal with处理,处理问题,处理的问题,对付 attack攻击,袭击,抨击,抨击的 battle战役,战斗,会战,仗 catch接住,抓住,捕捉,捕获 clash冲突,冲撞,碰撞 clasp扣住,扣住了,扣住不放,抱箍 close关闭,密切,结束,靠近 clutch离合器,离合,攥紧,攥住 combat战斗,搏击,打击,斗争 encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了 engage从事,参与,雇佣,从事的工作 face脸,脸部,脸面,脸色 fasten紧固,系紧,紧紧抓住,固定 fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗 grasp掌握,把握,把握住,握住 grip抓紧时间,抓牢,抓紧,握住 hold持有,举行,保持,持有的 hook上钩,钩子,钩住,钩 hug拥抱,抱抱,搂抱,抱团 nabNAB nail指甲,钉子,钉钉子,钉书钉 scuffle混战,扭打,动乱,混战中 seize夺取,抓紧时间,抓捕,抓住 snatch抢夺,攫取,抢走了,抢走 struggle奋斗,挣扎,斗争,奋斗目标 tackle应对,处理,解决,解决问题 take采纳,采纳了 tussle争斗,搏斗,争夺战,角逐 do battle作战,打仗,做战,作戰 take on承担,对付,担当,承担起

Antonyms

agree同意,赞同,赞成,答应 avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了 cancel取消,撤销,撤消,取消了 disconnect断绝联系,断开联系,断开连接,脱离联系 dodge躲避,躲闪,躲躲闪闪,躲开 free免费的,免费,自由的,自由 give给,给予,赋予,给与 idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的 let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开 liberate解放,解脱,释放,解救 lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了 make peace媾和,讲和,求和,和平相处 misunderstand误解,误解了,弄错了,错解 offer提供,提议,优惠,提价 open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的 receive收到,收到了,收到的,收到了吗 refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受 reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回 release释放,发布,发行,发布会 retreat撤退,退缩,闭关修炼,闭关 run运行,运转,运作,运行中 stop停止,停下来,停,停住 support支持,支助,支撑,支持率 surrender投降,交出,投诚,缴械投降 unfasten松开,解开,松开绳子,解开绳子 unlock解锁,开锁,解开,松开 yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率

Examples

In hindsight, like many who suffer from eating disorders, it was a misguided and desperate grapple for control at a time when the great themes of my life were in chaos.
The White House, however, does not grapple with the essentiality of good ground forces now.
In Ferguson and many towns like it, majority African-American communities most grapple with mostly white county governments.
I believe that there are evil acts, and I grapple with the idea of whether you can call people evil.
The slice of society he depicts is narrow, but its denizens grapple with the universal basics: family, mortality, love, ambition.
For the fourth year running, the ICA has had to grapple with the complexities of coordinating a group show.
We are of course in a peculiarly difficult position to grapple with this problem through lack of contemporary evidence.
At the moment he felt as if he could grapple the brute in bare hands and come off victor; and if otherwise—what matter?
A year before, their third cable had broken in mid-ocean, and it was now proposed to "grapple" for it.
We hope it will go on and agreeably grapple with the people in its own district whatever may become of the Jews.
Gilliatt was sufficiently familiar with marine rocks to grapple in earnest with the Douvres.

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