自现象级英语
COME/GET TO GRIPS WITH
1. 英英释义：to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation
例句：The executives have failed to come to grips with the real problem.
2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）
“come/get to grips with”是个词组，意思是“认真考虑并着手处理”。根据它的英英释义，它一方面强调认识到某事、某问题的重要性，一方面强调开始着手高效解决问题，因此它是个准确、形象的表达，在口语和写作中都可以用到。 这个词组有些长，不过用法很容易掌握，我们通过几个例子掌握它。
特别注意：come/get to grips with 中的 grips 一定是复数形式。 当我们想表示“认识到”“处理”的时候都可以用 come/get to grips with 来替换 realize 和 deal with 这样的词。
比如我们可以用 come/get to grips with 吐槽：
The executives have failed to come to grips with the real problem.
再比如政府的首要任务是处理好经济问题：
The government's first task is to get to grips with the economy.
《经济学人》中也经常用到 come/get to grips with，比如：
1）Few firms have got to grips with the fact that harassment is often a symptom of bigger, subtler problems: unequal access to power and unaccountable cultures.
2）For several years state-run banks have failed to get to grips with a $100bn mountain of dud loans.（dud loan 不良贷款，dud cheque 空头支票）
3. 从认识到会用（作业）
1）翻译下面的句子： 政府需要处理好失业问题。 (失业问题the unemployment problem)
The government needs to come/get to grips with the unemployment problem.
造句
例1：Team Trump has failed to get to grips with the fact that migrants are vital to innovation. 改写每周一段
例2：Flexible schedules allow parents to come to grips with the possibility of juggling work and child care. (改写自Flexible schedules help parents who want to juggle work and child care.）
例3：Health-conscious younger Chinese have come to grips with the problem of food safety. 食品安全
个人拓展
搭配：come/ get to grips with the problem/ issues/ economy/ fact that +从句
get a grip on oneself: control one's emotions
背诵
come/get to grips with sth, realise, deal with sth
The executives have failed to come to grips with the real problem.
Few firms have got to grips with the fact that 句型
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