contend withsth
—phrasal verbwithcontendverbuk/kənˈtend/us/kənˈtend/
to have todealwith adifficultorunpleasantsituation
必须处理，必须应对（困境或不愉快的事）
At theageof nine, he had thedeathof bothparentstocontendwith.9岁时他就不得不面对父母双亡这一境况。
We don't need acomputerfailuretocontendwith as well as allourotherproblems.我们已有不少其他问题要解决，不想再为计算机故障问题伤脑筋。