wrest

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UK [rest]
  • v.扭；夺取；勉强取得；歪曲(事实等)
  • n.扭；【乐】(调校琴弦的)校音钥
  • Web拧；抢夺；费力取得
Simple Present：wrests  Present Participle：wresting  Past Tense：wrested  

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v.
1.
(用力)拧,扭;扭夺,夺取,抢去(武器等) (from)
2.
费力取得,勉强取得
3.
歪曲(事实等),曲解
4.
探出(秘密),逼迫(承认等) (from)
1.
(用力)拧,扭;扭夺,夺取,抢去(武器等) (from)
2.
费力取得,勉强取得
3.
歪曲(事实等),曲解
4.
探出(秘密),逼迫(承认等) (from)
n.
1.
拧,扭
2.
【乐】(调校琴弦的)校音钥

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,扭扭,夺取夺取,勉强取得勉强取得,歪曲歪曲,校音钥校音钥,拧拧,抢夺抢夺,费力取得费力取得
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Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The doorway is at knee height, and one narrow foothold of space is often all one can wrest from other passengers.
车门的高度大约齐膝，乘客一般只能站在狭窄的仅供单脚站立的区域。
chē mén de gāo dù dà yuē qí xī , chéng kè yì bān zhǐ néng zhàn zài xiá zhǎi de jǐn gōng dān jiǎo zhàn lì de qū yù 。
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2.
It was an attempt to use tools usually reserved for corporations in developed economies to wrest profit from their distributors.
这一行动意在利用通常为发达国家的公司所保留的手段，从经销商手中争夺一部分利润。
zhè yī xíng dòng yì zài lì yòng tōng cháng wèi fā dá guó jiā de gōng sī suǒ bǎo liú de shǒu duàn , cóng jīng xiāo shāng shǒu zhōng zhēng duó yí bù fen lì rùn 。
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3.
One of the hostages was foolhardy enough to try to wrest the gun from the hijackers hand.
有一个人质莽撞地企图去夺劫机者手中的枪
yǒu yī gè rén zhì mǎng zhuàng de qǐ tú qù duó jié jī zhě shǒu zhōng de qiāng
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4.
I tried to wrest the gun from his hands .
我试图把枪从他手中夺过来。
wǒ shì tú bǎ qiāng cóng tā shǒu zhōng duó guò lái 。
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5.
Wrest all weakly defended cities from the enemy. Wait until conditions mature and then capture powerfully defended cities.
夺取一切敌人守备薄弱的城市，待条件成熟后再夺取守备强固的城市。
duó qǔ yí qiè dí rén shǒu bèi bó ruò de chéng shì , dāi tiáo jiàn chéng shú hòu zài duó qǔ shǒu bèi qiáng gù de chéng shì 。
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6.
She seemed a thorough master of her mood -- thoroughly confident and determined to wrest all control from him.
她似乎镇定自若--充满着自信和决心要从他手中夺去一切控制权。
tā sì hū zhèn dìng zì ruò - - chōng mǎn zhe zì xìn hé jué xīn yào cóng tā shǒu zhōng duó qù yí qiè kòng zhì quán 。
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7.
In theory, having elected politicians wrest power from the bureaucratic shadows ought to be a good thing.
理论上，由选举产生的政客从尾大不掉的官僚体制手中夺回权力，应该是件好事。
lǐ lùn shàng , yóu xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng de zhèng kè cóng wěi dà bù diào de guān liáo tǐ zhì shǒu zhōng duó huí quán lì , yīng gāi shì jiàn hǎo shì 。
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8.
However, as the only inherited Reiko origin he has made an important decision: to wrest the monster Reiko their names one by one to return.
可是，作为唯一继承了玲子血统的他却做出了一个重要的决定：将玲子夺过来的妖怪们的名字一一归还。
kě shì , zuò wéi wéi yī jì chéng le líng zǐ xuè tǒng de tā què zuò chū le yī gè zhòng yào de jué dìng : jiāng líng zǐ duó guò lái de yāo guài men de míng zì yī yī guī huán 。
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9.
In May, Microsoft announced Bing, its latest attempt to wrest search share away from Google.
今年5月，微软宣布必应，这是夺取谷歌搜索份额的最新企图。
jīn nián wǔ yuè , wēi ruǎn xuān bù bì yīng , zhè shì duó qǔ gǔ gē sōu suǒ fèn é de zuì xīn qǐ tú 。
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10.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has poured thousands of armed police and troops into the area to wrest control from the powerful gangs.
墨西哥总理FelipeCalderon已经派遣千余名武装警察和军队进入该区域从强大的犯罪团伙手中夺取对该区域的操纵。
mò xī gē zǒng lǐ FelipeCalderon yǐ jīng pài qiǎn qiān yú míng wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá hé jūn duì jìn rù gāi qū yù cóng qiáng dà de fàn zuì tuán huǒ shǒu zhōng duó qǔ duì gāi qū yù de cāo zòng 。
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