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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The boy lent me a hand in wringing the clothes.
  这男孩帮助我拧衣裳。
• 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。