wresting is wrest's Present Participle

wrest

US [rest]
UK [rest]
  • v.(用力)拧；夺取；费力取得；曲解
  • n.扭；【乐】(调校琴弦的)校音钥
  • Web摔交
Simple Present：wrests  Present Participle：wresting  Past Tense：wrested  

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Web Definition

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,拧拧,夺取夺取,费力取得费力取得,曲解曲解,扭扭,校音钥校音钥,摔交摔交
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
What matters is talk, family, cheap wine in the open air, the wresting of minimal sweetness out of the long-known bitterness of living .
重要的是聊天，家庭，露天喝廉价酒，从久已熟知的痛苦生活中榨取最低限度的甜蜜。
zhòng yào de shì liáo tiān , jiā tíng , lù tiān hē lián jià jiǔ , cóng jiǔ yǐ shú zhī de tòng kǔ shēng huó zhōng zhà qǔ zuì dī xiàn dù de tián mì 。
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2.
forced to reveal his own secret, he had succeeded, almost by chance, in wresting a secret from his friend!
真有趣，他非但没有给硬逼着吐露自己的隐私，反倒几乎是意外地套出了朋友的秘密。
zhēn yǒu qù , tā fēi dàn méi yǒu gěi yìng bī zhe tǔ lù zì jǐ de yǐn sī , fǎn dào jī hū shì yì wài de tào chū le péng yǒu de mì mì 。
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3.
In reality, the Great Reclamation would be a modest operation compared with wresting 3, 200 square miles of the Netherlands from the sea.
实际上，相对于荷兰人从海中抢出3200平方英里土地而言，“伟大改造”只是小巫见大巫。
shí jì shang , xiāng duì yú hé lán rén cóng hǎi zhōng qiǎng chū sān qiān èr bǎi píng fāng yīng lǐ tǔ dì ér yán , " wěi dà gǎi zào " zhǐ shì xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū 。
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4.
Meanwhile, growing numbers of countries in which international oil companies operate are wresting back control over the projects.
同时，越来越多有国际石油公司作业的国家，正夺回对项目的控制权。
tóng shí , yuè lái yuè duō yǒu guó jì shí yóu gōng sī zuò yè de guó jiā , zhèng duó huí duì xiàng mù de kòng zhì quán 。
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5.
Muck is wresting his ankle, Malarkey and some guys trying to support him.
穆克扭了脚踝，马拉其和几个人试图扶他。
mù kè niu le jiǎo huái , mǎ lā qí hé jǐ gè rén shì tú fú tā 。
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6.
In the decade since the Napster file-sharing site launched, compact disc sales have collapsed, wresting power from labels.
Napster文件共享网站推出后的10年间，CD销量急剧下滑，唱片公司失去控制权。
Napster wén jiàn gòng xiǎng wǎng zhàn tuī chū hòu de shí nián jiān , CD xiāo liàng jí jù xià huá , chàng piān gōng sī shī qù kòng zhì quán 。
www.ftchinese.com
7.
Yes, with the aid of time, man becomes capable of wresting the immortal from the mortal.
是的，在时间的帮助下，人可以从有限的生命中获得永恒。
shì de , zài shí jiān de bāng zhù xià , rén kě yǐ cóng yǒu xiàn de shēng mìng zhōng huò de yǒng héng 。
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8.
And while foreign currency deals still dominate by value, local funds are wresting the initiative by volume.
此外，尽管以价值衡量，外币交易仍占主导地位，但以交易数量衡量，中国本地基金正在掌握主动权。
cǐ wài , jǐn guǎn yǐ jià zhí héng liáng , wài bì jiāo yì réng zhàn zhǔ dǎo dì wèi , dàn yǐ jiāo yì shù liàng héng liáng , zhōng guó běn dì jī jīn zhèng zài zhǎng wò zhǔ dòng quán 。
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9.
For men like Mr. Shields, wresting the pole from feminine hands has become a mission with resistance.
对希尔兹这样的男性来说，与女性争夺钢管已经成为一项阻力重重的使命。
duì xī ěr zī zhè yàng de nán xìng lái shuō , yǔ nǚ xìng zhēng duó gāng guǎn yǐ jīng chéng wéi yī xiàng zǔ lì chóng chóng de shǐ mìng 。
chinese.wsj.com
10.
involving boxing and wresting contests for boys (632 B. C. ); and the foot race with armor (580 B. C. ).
糅合拳击和摔跤的男子格斗技（公元前632年）及身穿铠甲的竞走（公元前580年）。
róu hé quán jī hé shuāi jiāo de nán zǐ gé dòu jì ( gōng yuán qián liù bǎi sān shí èr nián ) jí shēn chuān kǎi jiǎ de jìng zǒu ( gōng yuán qián wǔ bǎi bā shí nián ) 。
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