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

• 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。
• Car dealers are wringing their hands over low sates this summer.
  汽车销售商们正为今夏的低销售量而苦恼地拧手顿脚。
• She stood wringing her hands over the remains of her husband. His public expressions of grief are nothing but show.
  她绞扭着手站在她丈夫遗骸之前（表示悲哀）。他公开表示悲痛只不过是做做样子而已。
• 'You would serve me best, lady,'replied the girl, wringing her hands,'if you could take my life at once;
  “假如你能马上结束我的生命，小姐，”姑娘绞扭着双手，回答，“就是为我大大尽了力了。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's no use just wringing our hands we must do something to help.
  咱们光急得搓手没有用&得想办法帮帮忙。
• 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？
• 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。