VERB
急于;苦求
If you say that someone is scrabbling to do something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.
例句
The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...
那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。