wrest

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

The men had returned to wrest back power.
這些人已經(jīng)回來(lái)以圖重新奪取權(quán)力。
The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.
警官最終把槍從他手中奪走了.
You wrest my words out of their real meaning.
你曲解了我話里的真正含義.
For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government.
一年來(lái)，他一直試圖從中央政府手中將控制權(quán)奪過(guò)來(lái)。
He was attacked by a security man who tried to wrest away a gas cartridge.
他遭到一名保安的襲擊，那保安想搶走一個(gè)氣瓶。

If you wrest something from someone else, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal.
If you wrest something from someone who is holding it, you take it from them by pulling or twisting it violently.