cope
verb [intransitive]to deal successfully with something difficult （成功地）对付，处理 I got to the stage where I wasn't coping any more. 到了这个阶段，我已经无法应付了。 - cope with something
He wasn't able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job. 对付这项工作的紧张与压力，他无能为力。 Desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat. 沙漠植物适于耐酷热。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb2She copes very well under pressure. 她在压力下应对自如。 She had to cope without any help. 她不得不独自一个人应付。 She is unable to cope with her increasing workload. 她无法应付日益加重的工作负担。 She was struggling to cope with the demands of a new baby. 她在努力应付新生儿的需要。 Some people find unemployment very difficult to cope with. 有些人觉得很难应对失业。 Will the prison system cope adequately with the increasing numbers of prisoners? 监狱系统将足以应付日益增多的犯人吗？ Everyone finds different ways of coping with bereavement. 每个人都找到不同的方式来应对丧亲之痛。 I got to the stage where I just couldn't cope any more. 到了这个阶段，我已经应付不来了。 In heavy rain the system can't cope and it floods. 下大雨时这个系统无法应付，会被水淹没。 The family is learning to cope without a car. 这家人正在学习如何应付没有汽车的情况。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- admirably
- effectively
- well
- …
- be able
- can
- be unable to
- …
- with
- somebody’s ability to cope
- a way of coping
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘meet in battle, come to blows’): from Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp ‘a blow’, via Latin from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’.