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wrest meaning in English

vt.
1.(用力)拧,扭;扭夺,夺取,抢去(武器等) (from)。
2.歪曲(事实等),曲解。
3.探出(秘密),逼迫(承认等) (from)。
4.费力取得,勉强取得。
短语和例子

n.
1.拧,扭。
2.【音乐】(调校琴弦的)校音钥。

Examples

  1. You wrest my words out of their real meaning .
    你曲解了我话里的真正含义。
  2. The usurper wrested the power from the king .
    篡位者从国王手里夺得了权力。
  3. This report wrests the facts out of their true meaning .
    这个报告歪曲事实真相。
  4. The initiative was wrested from him by the hungarian general staff .
    主动权被匈牙利总参谋部队从他手中夺去了。
  5. The partisans under tito wrested weapons from german hands .
    在铁托的指挥下,这些游击队员从德军手中夺取了武器。
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