wrested
v.
(用力)拧( wrest的过去式和过去分词 );
费力取得;
(从…)攫取;
( 从… ) 强行取去…;
例句:
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.--Indira Gandhi
机会不会从天而降,必须怀揣坚持与勇气去努力争取。
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He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur.
他从司机手里抢过手提箱。
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The usurper wrested the power from the king.
篡位者从国王手里夺取了权力.
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Before the whip could again fall...Vincent...wrested it from the hands of the striker.
来自G. A. Henty
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But can exciting television drama be wrested from a weekly return to the airport?
来自WSJ
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Such issues as global warming and population have been wrested from rational and unbiased scientific discourse.
来自SA