3PHRASE [VERB inflects, oft PHRof n/-ing]迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题 If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way. 迎难而上;知难而进;大胆抓棘手问题 [mainly British]
Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF NETTLES | NETTLE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤stinging刺人的蕁麻... OF NETTLES➤clump, patch一叢/一片蕁麻NETTLE + VERB➤grow蕁麻生長▸➤sting蕁麻刺人◇I was stung by nettles.我捱蕁麻扎了。PREPOSITION➤in nettles在蕁麻叢中◇There was an old car half buried in the nettles.有輛舊車半掩在蕁麻叢裏。