wringing

英 [ˈrɪŋɪŋ]

美 [ˈrɪŋɪŋ]

v.  拧，绞，拧出，绞出(衣服等中的水); 扭(鸟的脖子，以将其杀死)
wring的现在分词

现在分词：wringing　

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COCA.44312

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强行取得;逼取
  If youwringsomethingout ofsomeone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
  1. Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...
     买主们千方百计想从供货商那儿无息赊购。
  2. In this way, he hoped to put pressure on the British and thus to wring concessions from them.
     他希望通过这种方式向英国人施压，从而迫使他们让步。
• PHRASE (通常因忧愁、焦虑而)绞扭双手（干叹息)
  If someonewringstheirhands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone iswringingtheirhandswhen they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
  1. The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
     政府必须采取切实行动，一味搓着手感叹说这是个全球性问题是远远不够的。
• PHRASE 扭断…的脖子(表示非常生某人的气)
  If you say that you willwringsomeone'sneckor that you would like towringtheirneck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
  1. That crazy Debbie! He could wring her neck for this!...
     黛比那个疯子！他会为这把她的脖子拧断的！
  2. I still love you even though I'd like to wring your neck.
     虽然我想掐死你，但我还是爱你的。

双语例句

• Are British investors just better at wringing a return from their money?
  那么英国投资者只擅长钱生钱吗？
• The boy lent me a hand in wringing the clothes.
  这男孩帮助我拧衣裳。
• His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing his hands nervously.
  他脸色苍白，眼睛紧盯着自己的双脚，同时还紧张地扭搓着双手。
• Cried she, wringing her hands. 'What is to be told to Ladybird?
  她绞着自己的双手叫道，向小鸟儿怎么交代？
• He was wringing wet after working in the field in the hot sun.
  烈日下在田里干活使他汗流满面。
• His predecessor, Sandy Weill, built a financial-services juggernaut by snapping up companies on the cheap, wringing out the costs, then buying more.
  他的前任，桑迪•威尔（SandyWeill），不断通过以低价买入公司然后削减成本，从而建立了一个庞大的金融服务巨擘。
• Let your hands and arms drop naturally to your side, gently fold both indes fingers together, without wringing or gripping your hands in any way;
  将手和手臂自然地在身体两侧下垂，轻微屈起食指，不要扭在一起或紧握拳头；
• Then her sisters came up on the waves, and gazed at her mournfully, wringing their white hands.
  不一会，他的姐姐们都浮到水面上来了，她们悲哀地望着她，苦痛地扭著她们白净的手。
• Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury.
  他们每天在这种危险的环境下工作很长时间，从带有水银的泥沙中淘出金沙。
• As she went up the garden-path she heard her mother singing by the back door, coming in sight of which she perceived Mrs Durbeyfield on the doorstep in the act of wringing a sheet.
  在她走进花园小径的时候，她听见了她的母亲在后门边唱歌，接着就看见德北菲尔德太太站在门口，正在拧一床刚洗的床单。