be at grips with

1. 在与……搏斗

We are at grips with the poverty in the country.

我们正在和乡村的贫困搏斗。

come/get to grips with

1. 勉力对付

He came to grips with the problem.

他想尽办法来解决这个问题。

take a grip on oneself

1. 控制住自己

I told him to take a grip on himself and to remember that he was sent to university to work, not to play.

我告诉他要控制住自己, 记住他是来大学读书, 而不是来玩的。