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1. 认识这个词（基础篇）

词：come/get to grips with

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.

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。

The government needs to get to grips with the unemployment issue.

造句

The astronauts are going to come to grips with light pollution.

（参考翻译： The government needs to come to grips with the unemployment problem.）