grappling的意思|grappling的解释-里氏词典

grappling

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grappling

[ noun ]

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

<noun.act>

they had a fierce wrestle

we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully

the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

<noun.act>

Grappling \Grap"pling\, n.
1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is
seized and held, a grapnel.

2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in
grappling for the bear. --Dryden.

{Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and
holding fast a vessel or other object.

{Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.

Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a
ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German
origin. See {Grape}.]
1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close
quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join
indissolubly.

The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
--Hakluyt.

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
--Shak.

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In an industry grappling with massive losses, layoffs, and liquidations, labor may have seen its bargaining strength weakened in recent months.
Mayor David N. Dinkins, 10 months in office, is plugging a $1.8 billion budget deficit just three months into the fiscal year and grappling with a gap for next year.
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With the economy slumping nationally and in the Northeast, New York is grappling with a deficit that has prompted comparisons to the city's near-bankruptcy in 1975.
But undecided senators were left grappling with an enigma.
Analysts said they expect no major shifts in direction for the company, which is grappling with how to handle a debt burden that is expected to become a more serious problem over the next few years as cash dividends come due.
Company officials, however, are still grappling with whether shares should be bought back at the current market price, above market price or in combination with a special dividend.
The cast is excellent, especially Naughton as the well-meaning but clumsy dad, and Black as a smart kid grappling with the the confusion of adolescence.
West Germany went along after initially resisting U.S. efforts to deal with troop reductions before grappling with the nuclear issue.
The city council is having a hard time grappling with these problems, hampered by inexperience and lack of money. In time, the hurdles will be overcome.
The leaders had to extend their afternoon session Tuesday for an extra 90 minutes, grappling with the farm question.
President Bush said Wednesday he was still grappling with whether to remove preferential trade conditions from China to protest its repression of democracy advocates.
The wine world is kicking up a stink about the unreliability of its traditional stopper. Modernists object to grappling with a corkscrew and a bit of bark.
Hunters can legally use only harpoons, grappling hooks or bows and tethered arrows to bag the animals.
The countries of Southeast Asia are also grappling with the demand for qualified workers to staff new manufacturing facilities.
In the midst of growing turmoil on world monetary markets, Taiwan is grappling with the economic consequences of its decision to loosen its currency's links to the U.S. dollar.
The House, grappling with one of its most sensitive political issues, sidestepped a decision Thursday on whether to let the Pentagon shut down unneeded military bases.
Sweden, which used to think of itself as a beacon of enlightenment for the world, is suddenly grappling with self-doubt.
Just before the events of June 1989, Mr. Griem of A. T. Kearney found companies grappling with a litany of problems.
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Dukakis spent time in his Statehouse office in Boston, grappling with budget difficulties for the current fiscal year and the one just ended.
Bush described his government ethics proposals to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and he offered a pointed suggestion to a profession that is grappling with ethical questions of its own.
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The biggest significance of the talks then, may be hints for grappling with competitiveness.

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