wrestle

verb

1. 摔跤
   to fight sb by holding them and trying to throw or force them to the ground, sometimes as a sport
   1. As a boy he had boxed and wrestled.
      他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
   2. Armed guards wrestled with the intruder.
      武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。
   3. Shoppers wrestled the raider to the ground.
      购物的人把抢劫者摔倒在地上。
2. 奋力对付；努力处理；全力解决
   to struggle to deal with sth that is difficult
   1. She had spent the whole weekend wrestling with the problem.
      她整个周末都在绞尽脑汁处理这个问题。
   2. He wrestled with the controls as the plane plunged.
      飞机向下冲时，他竭力控制住操纵装置。
   3. She has been wrestling to raise the money all year.
      她一年来一直在想方设法筹集这笔资金。

1. VERB 试图解决;绞尽脑汁处理
   When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it.
   1. Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions...
      代表们试图解决暴力与惩处的问题。
   2. We're wrestling with a recession...
      我们在全力应付经济衰退问题。
   3. What he liked to do was to take an idea and wrestle it by finding every possible consequence.
      他喜欢做的事情就是先提出一个想法，然后冥思苦想，找出可能产生的各种后果。
2. VERB 摔跤;扭斗
   If you wrestle with someone, you fight them by forcing them into painful positions or throwing them to the ground, rather than by hitting them. Some people wrestle as a sport.
   1. They taught me to wrestle...
      他们教我摔跤。
   2. The bridesmaids and pageboys squealed and wrestled with each other in the garden.
      伴娘和伴童在花园里尖叫着，扭打在一起。
3. VERB 使劲搬动;用力移动
   If you wrestle a person or thing somewhere, you move them there using a lot of force, for example by twisting a part of someone's body into a painful position.
   1. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms...
      我们只得用力把孩子从那个男子手中夺过来。
   2. The stationmaster pounced and wrestled the gun from him...
      站长猛扑过去，奋力夺下他手中的枪。
   3. Marshals tried to wrestle the demonstrator out of the room.
      执法人员试图将这名示威者从屋子里拖出去。
4. See also: wrestling

1. Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions
   代表们试图解决暴力与惩处的问题。
2. We're wrestling with a recession
   我们在全力应付经济衰退问题。
3. What he liked to do was to take an idea and wrestle it by finding every possible consequence.
   他喜欢做的事情就是先提出一个想法，然后冥思苦想，找出可能产生的各种后果。
4. They taught me to wrestle
   他们教我摔跤。
5. The bridesmaids and pageboys squealed and wrestled with each other in the garden.
   伴娘和伴童在花园里尖叫着，扭打在一起。
6. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms
   我们只得用力把孩子从那个男子手中夺过来。
7. The stationmaster pounced and wrestled the gun from him
   站长猛扑过去，奋力夺下他手中的枪。
8. Marshals tried to wrestle the demonstrator out of the room.
   执法人员试图将这名示威者从屋子里拖出去。
9. Which animal in the world is easiest to Wrestle?
   世上最容易摔跤的动物是什么？
10. I constantly wrestle with this question.
    我也经常为这一问题所困扰。
11. He taught his little brother how to wrestle.
    他教他小弟弟如何摔跤。
12. But he can wrestle and dance and go for walks and play catch.
    但是他可以摔跤、跳舞、散步和打球。
13. All I did that night was wrestle with my brother.
    那天晚上我做的就是和我哥摔跤。
14. Do you know what it is to wrestle with a madwoman?
    你可知道，跟一个疯女人摔角是怎么一回事吗？
15. You see, when you wrestle with your choices.
    当你纠缠于你的选择时。
16. Man: I'm a stunt man. I wrestle alligators underwater, and lions and tigers on land. I leap off cliffs and jump from tall buildings. Lady: My goodness! How do you manage to stay alive?
    男人：我是个特级演员，我在水下和鳄鱼搏斗，在地上和狮子老虎搏斗，我跳下悬崖和高楼。
17. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games.
    狗和猫会扭抱玩球。
18. Who wants me to wrestle?
    谁要我参加摔跤？
19. Because it is in the Bible not to wrestle your neighbor.
    因为圣经里说不要和你的邻居摔跤。
20. The policeman had to wrestle with the criminal in order to get the handcuffs on him.
    警察必须与罪犯搏斗以便给他带上手拷。
21. John would wrestle Gary for the prize.
    约翰要和盖瑞角力夺奖。
22. They run races; they wrestle; and sometimes they have mock fights together.
    它们赛跑、摔跤，有时还一起进行模拟战斗。
23. Maybe you and I can wrestle it in here after work.
    也许你和我下班后可以在那上面玩摔跤。
24. They will wrestle a match.
    他们将进行摔跤比赛。
25. A dead issue, don't wrestle with it, deaf ears are sleeping.
    一个死问题，不要与之搏斗，聋子用耳朵睡觉。
26. He began to wrestle with his opponent.
    他开始兴对手扭打。
27. Should girls be allowed to wrestle with boys?
    应该让女生去和男生摔跤吗？
28. Where'd you learn all that stuff? You wrestle or something?
    你哪学来的？你摔角吗？
29. Doyou have to wrestle while you show me!
    但是你让我看起来更加不对劲了！
30. And making him wrestle an octopus.
    并且让他和章鱼摔跤。

noun

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
   1. they had a fierce wrestle
   2. we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully

   Synonym:    wrestlinggrapplegrapplinghand-to-hand struggle

verb

1. engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
   1. I wrestled with this decision for years

2. combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
   1. He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority

3. engage in a wrestling match
   1. The children wrestled in the garden

4. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
   1. The prisoner writhed in discomfort
   2. The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace

   Synonym:    writhewrigglewormsquirmtwist