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contend with something
phrasal verb with contendverbuk /kənˈtend/ us /kənˈtend/
to have to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation: 必须处理，必须应对（困境或不愉快的事）
At the age of nine, he had the death of both parents to contend with.9岁时他就不得不面对父母双亡这一境况。
We don't need a computer failure to contend with as well as all our other problems.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。
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contend with something/someone | American Dictionary
contend with something/someone
phrasal verb with contendverbus/kənˈtend/
to try to deal with a difficult situation or person:
At the age of nine he had to contend with the death of both parents.
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