動(dòng)詞 wrest:

1. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

1. He wrested it from her hands.
   他從她的手中把它搶奪過來。
2. The farmers in this area have to struggle to wrest a living from the infertile soil.
   該地區(qū)的農(nóng)民不得不在這塊貧瘠的土地上掙扎謀生。

wrest

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
wrest.ed,wrest.ing,wrests
To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements:
拉扯，奪過：用猛烈的拉、扭的動(dòng)作取得：
例句：
wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers.
從他手里奪過來那本書；從原殖民者手中奪過那座島

To usurp forcefully:
奪?。河梦淞Υ蹔Z：
例句：
wrested power from the monarchy.
從君主手里奪取政權(quán)

To extract by or as if by force, twisting, or persistent effort; wring:
榨取，絞曲：通過扭、拉或固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持而使之脫離；絞曲：
例句：
wrest the meaning from an obscure poem.
從一首晦澀的詩里汲取含義

To distort or twist the nature or meaning of:
曲解：歪曲或扭曲…的本質(zhì)或意思：
例句：
wrested the words out of context.
斷章取義

To divert to an improper use; misapply.
誤用，濫用：挪用于不適當(dāng)?shù)挠猛?；濫用
n.（名詞）
The act of wresting.
奪?。簥Z取之動(dòng)作
Music A small tuning key for the wrest pins of a stringed instrument.
【音樂】 調(diào)音鍵：弦樂上用于弦軸的調(diào)音鍵

來源：
Middle English wresten
中古英語 wresten
from Old English wrôstan [to twist] * see wer- 2
源自 古英語 wrôstan [扭] *參見 wer- 2

【引伸】
wrest.er
n.（名詞）