口语可以直接说deal

　　We must take positive steps to deal with the problem.

　　我们必须采取积极步骤处理这个问题。

　　The government must deal with this as a matter of urgency.

　　政府必须将此事当作紧急的事情来处理。

　　He devoted a good deal of attention to the problem.

　　他在这个问题上花了相当多的精力。

　　Her poetry has a good deal of political content.

　　她的诗歌含有大量的政治内容。