核心词义
wrest
英[rest] 美[rest]
核心词义
vt. 用力拧；抢夺；歪曲
n. 扭，拧
wrest 基本解释
vt. （用力）拧，扭；<文>费力取得；歪曲（事实等），曲解；扭夺，夺取，抢去
n. 拧，扭；[乐]（调校琴弦的）校音钥
速记技巧
词源记忆法
来自PIE*wer,弯，转，拧，词源同wring,wrench。引申义猛拉，抢夺，攫取。
wrest 变化形式
第三人称单数： wrests
过去式： wrested
过去分词： wrested
现在分词： wresting
易混淆的单词： WREST
知识扩展
短语动词
短语动词 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 wrest sth from sb/sth (formal) 1 攫取，抢夺（权力） to take sth such as power or control from sb/sth with great effort They attempted to wrest control of the town from government forces. 他们企图从政府军手中夺取对这个城镇的控制权。 2 抢，夺（物品） to take sth from sb that they do not want to give, suddenly or violently 同义词： wrench He wrested the gun from my grasp. 他把枪从我手里抢走了。 收起
中文词源
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 用法和例句提示：点击例句中的单词，就可以看到词义解释
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- Such measures will make it much harder for the opposition to wrest control from fidesz .
- 这类措施会让反对派更加难以从青民盟手中夺取政权。
- In the late 1980s , landless and increasingly desperate arabs began banding together to wrest their owndarfrom the black farmers .
- 在80年代后期，绝望的、没有土地的阿拉伯人开始集结在一起从黑人农民手中抢夺土地。
- Barack obama has opined on it , as have the republicans hoping to wrest the presidency from him in november .
- 奥巴马针对此案，向民众发表了意见；希望在11月大选中夺取总统宝座的共和党人也对此事发表了意见。
- The military and intelligence service , already embarrassed by the commando raid by u.s. soldiers which killed osama bin laden on pakistani soil without their knowledge , will seek to wrest power away from the civilian government .
- 由于美国特种部队在巴基斯坦军方和情报机构不知情的情况下突然袭击杀死奥萨马本拉登蒙羞的这两个组织会寻求从民选政府夺取更多的权力。
- General david petraeus , head of us central command , has warned that " horrific actions " by the taliban will meet the attempt by american , afghan and canadian forces to wrest control of the province .
- 美国中央司令部的首脑大卫彼得雷乌斯将军警告说，美国，阿富汗，和加拿大的军事力量将尝试强行夺取对全省的控制来应对塔利班的那种“令人发指的行径”。