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.
• 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。

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

• This novels is gut wrenching story about slavery before Civil War.
  这部小说写的是一个有关南北战争前的奴隶们的令人断肠的故事。
• Though Mr. Mandela had stepped down from the presidency in 1999, he remained a father figure for a country going through wrenching economic and political change.
  尽管曼德拉1999年卸任总统之职，但在经历了艰难的经济和政治变革的南非，他仍是一个国父般的人物。
• Wrenching open the back door, Harry hurtled into their midst.
  哈利打开后门，一下子蹿到他们中间。
• Given the wrenching competitive challenges and structural adjustments they are undergoing, that is not surprising.
  考虑到他们经历的严峻的竞争挑战和结构调整，这一点并不令人惊讶。
• 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。
• The Easter weekend provides an opportunity to reflect again on these wrenching topics, on what is important to us and what really matters.
  今年的复活节为我们提供了一个再次思考这些令人纠结的问题的机会。利用这个机会，我们还可以想想，哪些东西对我们有着重要的意义，而哪些又是真正重要的。
• In the end, wrenching themselves free from the hands of death, the expedition walked out of the desert tenaciously.
  终于，探险队顽强地走出了沙漠，挣脱了死神之手。
• It is easy to be jealous of those who go through life without a moment of wrenching guilt.
  有些人一辈子不曾揪心地内疚过，羡慕他们倒很容易。
• When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame.
  当你谈论自己的经历时，你也许感到了无比痛苦、悲哀、愤怒或羞愧。
• We should not be embarrassed or dismayed if the process of unifying is difficult, even at times wrenching.
  如果统一的进程十分困难，有时甚至很痛苦，对此我们不应该感到难堪或惊讶。