英语词汇“wrest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wrestwrest /rɛst/ verb [transitive always + adv./prep.] formal

ETYMOLOGYwrest

Origin: Old English wræstan

VERB TABLE

wrest

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	wrest
	he, she, it	wrests
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	wrested
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have wrested
	he, she, it	has wrested
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had wrested
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will wrest
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have wrested

Continuous Form
Present	I	am wresting
	he, she, it	is wresting
	you, we, they	are wresting
Past	I, he, she, it	was wresting
	you, we, they	were wresting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been wresting
	he, she, it	has been wresting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been wresting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be wresting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been wresting

1to take power or influence away from someone, especially when this is difficult: Democrats hoped to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.2to pull something away from someone violently: He wrested the gun from his assailant.