wrest

英[rest] 美[rest]
  • v. 夺取；费力取得；歪曲
  • n. 扭；拧；调音键
wrester wrested wrested wresting wrests
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically;

    "wrest the knife from his hands"
    "wrest a meaning from the old text"
    "wrest power from the old government"

双语例句

1. The men had returned to wrest back power.
这些人已经回来以图重新夺取权力。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.
警官最终把枪从他手中夺走了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The rebels tried to wrest control of the town from government forces.
反叛者企图从政府军手中夺取这个城镇的控制权.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government.
一年来，他一直试图从中央政府手中将控制权夺过来。

来自柯林斯例句

5. He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.
他遭到一名保安的袭击，那保安想抢走一个气瓶。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He wrested it from her hands.
      他从她的手中把它抢夺过来。
    2. The policeman wrested the truth out of her.
      那警察好不容易才从她那儿了解到真情。
    3. The report wrests the facts out of their true meaning.
      这篇报导歪曲了事实真相。

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