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

• We should not be embarrassed or dismayed if the process of unifying is difficult, even at times wrenching.
  如果统一的进程十分困难，有时甚至很痛苦，对此我们不应该感到难堪或惊讶。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Either way, China faces a wrenching economic adjustment.
  无论是哪种方式，中国将面临痛苦的经济调整。
• And the wrenching experience of the 2008 crash has overlaid client concerns about trust and increased demands for transparency.
  此外，2008年崩盘的惨痛经历，让客户对信任深感担忧，也增强了对透明度的需求。
• 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；
• 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。
• It will be the latest in a line of wrenching moments of retreat.
  这将是一系列痛苦的撤退时刻中最新的一个。
• But it is becoming clear that the transformation, if plausible, will be wrenching.
  但人们越来越清楚地看到，这种转型即便可行，也会是一个痛苦的过程。