wrest

英 [rest] 美 [rest]

• v. 夺取；费力取得；歪曲
• n. 扭；拧；调音键

英英释义

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"
   

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。

经典引文

• The heliotrope flower..wrests its neck in turning after the warm sun.

  出自： Marvell

词汇搭配

• saw wrest 扭锯器
• wrest back the initiative 转为主动
• wrest of saw 锯凿修整

近反义词

【近义词】

• wring 拧
• distortion 扭曲
• yank 猛拉
• contort (使)扭曲
• wrench 扳钳，扳手
• extract 摘录
• pervert 误用
• gain 获得
• take 拿
• seize 抓住
• grasp 把握
• grab 抓住
• snatch 抢夺
• tug 用力拉
• pull 拉