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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such declarations, as Francis Fukuyama discovered, tend to be made on the eve of wrenching change.
  弗朗西斯福山（francisfukuyama）发现，这种宣言通常都是在剧变出现前夕作出的。
• 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。
• To cause a painful cramp or muscle spasm in by turning or wrenching.
  因扭转或猛扭而引起剧痛的肌肉痉挛。
• 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。
• The most striking statement at Michael Jackson's memorial service was not his daughter Paris'tremulous and wrenching goodbye.
  麦克-杰克逊的追思会上，最引人注目的一句话，不是他女儿帕里斯全身颤抖，痛苦说出的永别；