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

• Sobbing and crying, and wringing her hands as if her heart would break ( Laurence Sterne).
  啜泣着并叫喊着，紧握着双手，她的心好象马上就会破碎似的（劳伦斯斯特恩）。
• Try soaking a cloth or sock in long, wet grasses or plants and then wringing that water into the can.
  把布片或袜子浸在一片长而湿润的草地或植物上，再绞出吸收的水分倒进易拉罐里。
• She has such noisy, unruly kids that she must feel like wringing their necks every day.
  她教的那些孩子天天吵吵闹闹、无法无天的，我想她每天简直都恨不得掐断他们的脖子。
• 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。
• After some time, we could see them, by the little Light there was, run about wringing their Hands like Men in Despair;
  又过了一会儿，我们从傍晚暗淡的光线下看见他们惶惶然地跑来跑去，双手扭来扭去，一副绝望的样子。
• 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。
• Have you tried wringing a donation out of her?
  你逼她捐款了吗？
• But tobacco firms are adept at wringing fatter profits from stagnant markets.
  不过怎样从不景气的市场中尽可能的捞到油水是烟草企业的专长。
• As I said this I made a motion as if I were wringing the water out of a rag.
  我说这话时，做了一个将抹布的水拧出的动作。