wrest的意思|wrest的解释-里氏词典

wrest [rest]

n. 扭, 拧

vt. 夺取, 猛扭, 歪曲, 费力取得

[法] 猛扭, 扭夺, 夺取

wrest

[ verb ]
obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
<verb.contact>
wrest the knife from his handswrest a meaning from the old text
wrest power from the old government

Wrest \Wrest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wresting}.] [OE. wresten, AS. wr?stan; akin to wr?? a
twisted band, and wr[=i]?n to twist. See {Writhe}.]
1. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence;
to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or
twisting. ``The secret wrested from me.'' --Milton.

Our country's cause,
That drew our swords, now secret wrests them from
our hand. --Addison.

They instantly wrested the government out of the
hands of Hastings. --Macaulay.

2. To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper
use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

Wrest once the law to your authority. --Shak.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor. --Ex.
xxiii. 6.

Their arts of wresting, corrupting, and false
interpreting the holy text. --South.

3. To tune with a wrest, or key. [Obs.]

Wrest \Wrest\, n.
1. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence,
distortion; perversion. --Hooker.

2. Active or moving power. [Obs.] --Spenser.

3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

The minstrel . . . wore round his neck a silver
chain, by which hung the wrest, or key, with which
he tuned his harp. --Sir W.
Scott.

4. A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the
buckets is determined.

{Wrest pin} (Piano Manuf.), one of the pins around which the
ends of the wires are wound in a piano. --Knight.

{Wrest plank} (Piano Manuf.), the part in which the wrest
pins are inserted.

The possible nationalisation by the Ontario provincial government of the local motor insurance industry would wrest control of the successful Pilot subsidiary from GA, leading to possible losses of Pounds 12m.
Since then, it has waged a bombing a sabotage campaign to wrest control from the government in Pretoria.
MR TERRY Venables, the ousted chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur, is to ask the High Court for extra time to put up Pounds 300,000 'security for costs' in his battle to wrest control of the football club from Mr Alan Sugar, the chairman.
The radicals are hoping to wrest control of the republic's affairs from the national government.
In 1980, William Koch led dissident stockholders in an unsuccessful attempt to wrest control from Charles.
The strategy also tries to wrest natural gas and oil pipeline control from an independent agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, that has become the moral equivalent of Gosplan.
The amended offer replaces a plan MAI launched two weeks ago, when it vowed to wrest control of Prime's minicomputer business after dropping its hostile attempt to take over the parent company.
In some black townships there is now virtually no authority and rival groups try to wrest control.
Caperton, 48, was a political unknown as the primary season began, but he poured more than $1.8 million into his successful attempt to wrest the nomination from See, the Democrats' 1984 nominee.
Industry executives believe the soft-drink rivals were seeking to breathe some fresh air into their promotional strategies, to wrest market share from each other amid softer industry growth.
Were the insurgents to reject the accord and wrest control of the natural port at Trincomalee, the great winner would be Moscow.
North Yemeni forces attempted to wrest control of key southern targets.
They are joining forces in an audacious attempt to wrest away from IBM the power of setting the standard for how personal computers are designed, and they seem to have a chance of succeeding.
Just as importantly, the veto - and threats of a veto - have helped the president wrest compromises from reluctant lawmakers.
In the court action, CLBN - together with its various management appointees, including Mr Ladd - claimed that Mr Parretti's behaviour and repeated violations of the agreement entitled it to change directors and wrest control.
The strong first-quarter showing by Edwards enabled it to wrest the 12-month lead from Thomson McKinnon, which excelled in the first running of the study, published earlier this year.
The driver then tried to wrest the case from him not to make off with it as the employee believed, but to place it in the boot of the car, as the law required. A good example of cultural differences is quoted by Mr Marsh.
A leading presidential candidate in Sunday's election proposed that cocaine be legalized in the United States and other countries to wrest profits from drug traffickers.
Companies also are trying to wrest customer service from low-level, untrained personnel.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange became the second major futures exchange to try to wrest gold futures business from the troubled Commodity Exchange in New York.
By guarding their turf, foreign carriers have been able to wrest a 59% share of the Pacific passenger market, which in 1960 was 70% controlled by U.S. airlines.
The People's Front has led the drive during the past year to wrest more cultural and economic autonomy from Moscow.
Few of the unions' charges are new, and they come after efforts to wrest control of Eastern from Texas Air have stalled.
KSZ's plan is to wrest control of the company by offering $140 for each of Resorts' 752,297 Class B shares outstanding and $15 for each of its 5.7 million Class A shares outstanding.
Takako Doi, head of the Socialist Party, told other opposition leaders at a strategy session this month that the scandal offered a rare opportunity to wrest power from the LDP.
He alleged that Mrs. Coleman is merely trying to wrest control of her son's fortune.
The initiative at Toledo opens a second front in AMC's battle to wrest new local operating contracts from the union in return for a promise of continued work.
Walsh, who retired Thursday, fended off attempts by several mayors and police boards to wrest away control of the Police Department during his 27 years at the helm.
Other additional funds the bondholders might realize from the settlement could come from a pending lawsuit seeking to wrest from two other WPPSS projects funds that were spent when those plants were "twinned" with the terminated projects.
In his first attempt to wrest the governorship from DiPrete, in 1986, Sundlun lost by a 2-1 margin.

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