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wrenching

英 [ˈrentʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈrentʃɪŋ]

v.  猛拉; 猛扭; 猛拧; 扭伤(脚踝、肩膀等); 使痛苦,使十分难过(尤指以致哭喊出声)
wrench的现在分词

COCA.19206

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 猛拉;猛拧;猛拽
    If youwrenchsomething that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.
    1. He felt two men wrench the suitcase from his hand...
      他感觉有两个人在使劲拽他手里的手提箱。
    2. He wrenched off his sneakers...
      他使劲儿脱下运动鞋。
    3. They wrenched open the passenger doors and jumped into her car.
      他们使劲拽开后座车门,跳进了她的车子。
  • VERB 挣脱;挣开
    If youwrenchyourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held.
    1. She wrenched herself from his grasp...
      她从他手里挣脱开来。
    2. He wrenched his arm free...
      他把手臂挣脱开来。
    3. She tore at one man's face as she tried to wrench free...
      她试图挣脱时朝一个男子的脸上抓去。
    4. I wrenched my hand away from my attacker.
      我用力把手从袭击者手里挣脱出来。
  • VERB 扭伤(关节)
    If youwrenchone of your joints, you twist it and injure it.
    1. He had wrenched his ankle badly from the force of the fall.
      他因摔倒而严重扭伤了脚踝。
  • N-SING (离别时的)痛苦,愁楚
    If you say that leaving someone or something isa wrench, you feel very sad about it.
    1. I always knew it would be a wrench to leave Essex after all these years...
      我一直心里清楚过了这么多年后离开埃塞克斯会非常痛苦。
    2. Many of the things are of great sentimental value and it is going to be a wrench parting with them...
      其中很多东西都具有重要的情感价值,令人难以割舍。
    3. Although it would be a wrench, we would all accept the challenge of moving abroad.
      虽然移居海外会很痛苦,但我们都愿意接受这个挑战。
  • 扳钳;活动扳手
    Awrenchor amonkey wrenchis an adjustable metal tool used for tightening or loosening metal nuts of different sizes.
    1. PHRASE 作梗;阻挠
      If someonethrows a wrenchorthrows a monkey wrenchinto a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
      1. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
        他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见,极在地阻挠了进程。
    2. in BRIT, use 英国英语用 throw a spanner in the works

    英英释义

    adj

    • causing great physical or mental suffering
      1. a wrenching pain
      Synonym:racking

    双语例句

    • It will be the latest in a line of wrenching moments of retreat.
      这将是一系列痛苦的撤退时刻中最新的一个。
    • Either way, China faces a wrenching economic adjustment.
      无论是哪种方式,中国将面临痛苦的经济调整。
    • "2046" is awash in such wrenching and charming tears.
      “2046”是与水面齐平的在如此的猛扭和迷人的泪滴中。
    • China has been through a wrenching series of changes and experiments.
      中国经历了一系列艰苦的变革和试验。
    • That experience, never fun, is far less wrenching in a city than in a one-horse town.
      这种经历尽管从来都不是乐趣,但在城市,它所带来的痛苦比偏僻的小镇要少得多。
    • The wrenching debate over the Iraq war is well-known and need not be repeated here.
      有关伊拉克战争的痛苦争议尽人皆知,我就不在这里重复了。
    • On one level Brandt's wrenching decision to recognize the division of Germany was a courageous recognition of reality.
      从某种意义上说,勃兰特忍痛做出承认德国分治的决定,这是一种勇于正视现实的行为。
    • However, with the trade deficit in the US and other countries shrinking, some economists fear China could yet face a wrenching adjustment in its external accounts.
      不过,随着美国和其它国家的贸易逆差缩小,一些经济学家担心,中国仍可能面对一次外部账户的痛苦调整。
    • Going to court can be an expensive, time consuming and gut wrenching experience that is best avoided.
      打官司费钱耗时而且给人添堵,所以最好能避则避。
    • And in the days since December, I have read, with immense pain, the wrenching stories of people whose life savings have evaporated because of his crime.
      自去年12月以来的那些日子里,我看到了很多令人揪心的故事,很多人一生的积蓄因他的欺诈罪行而被蒸发。