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小词详解 | wrest
wrest 英 [rest] 美 [rest]
It became fully operational on April 6th, and aims not just to impress visitors but also to help the country’s flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, wrest the skies from its successful Gulf rivals.
它于4月6日全面投入运营,目标不仅是争取游客的青睐,还要帮助该国的国家航空公司土耳其航空从客源丰沛的海湾对手那里抢夺一片天空。
——《经济学人》The amendment provides a complex, difficult process for wresting power from a sitting president.
该修正案为从现任总统手中夺取权力提供了一个复杂、困难的程序。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 强行将(某物)从某人手中夺下
他把复制品从我手里抢走了。
He wrested the replica from my grasp.
千方百计使某人说出真情
wrest the truth out of sb他们希望允许人们从不讲人情的官僚体制中夺回自己生命的主宰权。
They wanted to allow people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies.
Muddy swinesnouts, hands, root and root, gripe and wrest them.
满是泥泞的猪鼻子啊,手啊,又是拱,又是掘,把它们紧紧攥住,吃力地弄到手里。
wrench: pull or twist (someone or something) suddenly and violently snatch: quickly secure or obtain (something) when a chance presents itself prise: use force in order to move, move apart, or open (something)