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

• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand.
  我看见他真是高兴极了，不由想握着他的手久久不放。
• Have you tried wringing a donation out of her?
  你逼她捐款了吗？
• 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。
• He is wringing out the water from his swimming trunks.
  他正在把游泳裤中的水绞出来。
• 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 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。
• 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。