英 [ˈstrʌɡ(ə)lɪŋ] 美 [ˈstrʌɡlɪŋ]
adj. 艰难奋斗的，苦苦挣扎的
v. 奋斗，努力；搏斗，扭打；争夺，争抢 （struggle 的现在分词形式）
struggle /ˈstrʌɡəl/ CET4 TEM4 [ struggling struggled struggles ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you struggle to do something, you try hard to do it, even though other people or things may be making it difficult for you to succeed. 努力; 斗争
They had to struggle against all kinds of adversity.
他们不得不同各种困境斗争。
有变体名词 A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights. 努力; 斗争
Life became a struggle for survival.
生活变成了一场争取生存的斗争。
...a young boy's struggle to support his poverty-stricken family.
…一个年轻男孩为支撑自己贫穷的家庭所做的努力。
不及物动词 If you struggle when you are being held, you twist, kick, and move violently in order to get free. 挣扎
I struggled, but he was a tall man, well built.
我挣扎了，但他是一个高个子男人，很强壮。
相互动词 If two people struggle with each other, they fight. 扭打
She screamed at him to "stop it" as they struggled on the ground.
他们在地上扭打时，她冲他尖叫着“住手”。
可数名词 Struggle is also a noun. 扭打
He died in a struggle with prison officers less than two months after coming to Britain.
他来英国不到两个月就死于一次与狱警们的扭打。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you struggle to move yourself or to move a heavy object, you try to do it, but it is difficult. 艰难地移动
I could see the young boy struggling to free himself.
我能看见这个小男孩正使劲挣脱他自己。
及物动词/不及物动词 If a person or organization is struggling, they are likely to fail in what they are doing, even though they might be trying very hard. 在困境中挣扎; 竭力维持
The company is struggling to find buyers for its new product.
这个公司正竭力为它的新产品寻找买主。
One in five young adults was struggling with everyday mathematics.
每5个年轻人中就有1个做日常的数学计算很费劲。
单数型名词 An action or activity that is a struggle is very difficult to do. 很费劲的事
Losing weight was a terrible struggle.
减肥是件很费劲的事。
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
a financially struggling theater ; struggling artists
挣扎-引用次数：89
Chinese female have been living at the bottom of our society, groaning and struggling in the painful abyss for thousands of years.
中国妇女历来生活在社会最底层，千百年来一直在痛苦的深渊中呻吟、挣扎。
参考来源五四文学的“娜拉”意象
抗争-引用次数：34
The second part states clearly the theme of struggling in Yan Lianke’s works.
第二部分阐述了阎连科小说创作中的抗争主题。
参考来源苦难与抗争的悲歌
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Farmers struggling for survival strip the forests for agricultural land.
为生存而挣扎的农民们把森林伐光来作农业用地。
She was struggling with a heavy suitcase.
她正费力地拎着一只沉重的手提箱。
They were dragged away struggling and kicking.
他们又挣又踢地被拖走了。
When she was about four years old, she heard her mother struggling to play a piece of music on the piano.
VOA : special.2010.04.09
Patience versus short term results and you actually want to have both of those in proper balances, and we're always kind of struggling.
耐心和短期的成果，实际上你,两者都想要，都想做好平衡，我们都在奋斗，都在努力。
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I love these pieces because you can just see him struggling on the page.
从字里行间,你们可以看到他在挣扎。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Yet another sign is struggling to find the right words to express thoughts or understand what is being discussed.
VOA : special.2009.09.15
The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.
VOA : special.2010.06.23
Frantically flapping, the birds truly appear to be struggling to stay in the air.
All too often, struggling small businesses fall behind in paying their federal payroll taxes.
While many economies are still struggling to recover, Latin America's art scene is thriving once again.