cope
verb[I]
uk/kəʊp/us/koʊp/B2
todealsuccessfullywith adifficultsituation:
(成功地)对付,应付,处理It must be really hard to copewiththreeyoungchildrenand ajob.要照顾3个小孩还要工作肯定不容易。
It's only been ayearsince hedied- how's she coping?他过世刚一年时间——她的情况怎么样?
He had so muchpressureon him in hisjobthateventuallyhe just couldn't cope.他工作压力太大,最后便扛不住了。
Synonyms
contend
deal
manage
- Will she beableto cope with thework?
- Thehostageshad beenconfinedfor solongthat they couldn't cope with theoutsideworld.
- Get a good night'ssleepand you'llfeelbetterableto cope.
- Theteachersaid that hefounditdifficultto cope with aclassofdisaffectedteenagers.
- Theemergencyservicesareworkingatfullstretchtoday to cope with theaccident.
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- live (from) hand to mouthidiom
- manage
- stretch tosomething
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom