wrest是什么意思_wrest怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

wrest 拧，扭，攫取，抢夺

来自PIE*wer,弯，转，拧，词源同wring,wrench。引申义猛拉，抢夺，攫取。

wrest (v.): Old English wræstan "to twist, wrench," from Proto-Germanic *wraistjan (source of Old Norse reista "to bend, twist"), from PIE *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). Meaning "to pull, detach" (something) is recorded from c. 1300. Meaning "to take by force" (in reference to power, authority, etc.) is attested from early 15c. Related: Wrested; wresting.

词态变化

第三人称单数 wrests;
过去式 wrested;
过去分词 wrested;
现在分词 wresting;

权威造句

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

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

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.

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。

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。

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近反义词

saw wrest 扭锯器

wrest back the initiative 转为主动

wrest of saw 锯凿修整

相似短语

saw wrest 扭锯器

wrest facts 【法】曲解事实

wrest the law to suit oneself 【法】曲解法律以营私

wrest the sense of a passage 【法】曲解一段文章的意义

wrest political power 【法】夺取政权

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. see wrench.

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