| 词汇 | example_english_wrest |
| 释义 | Examples of wrestThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. First, formal politics expanded as the state assumed new f unctions and wrested control of tasks from institutions that were previously independent of the state. The instrument acts like a generic vocal mechanism trying out gradually more complex exercises, wresting organized sound out of a bare and lifeless resonance. Day after day we are being confronted with new legislation which wrests from us things which belong to us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From our capacity in these days to create wealth surely can be wrested some standards of supplementary pensions of the aged? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They preferred a settlement necessarily unstable because it could only be wrested by force. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once the scientists have wrested secrets from nature, the secrets cannot be returned to nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What has happened is that psychologists have wrested control of the purpose of education from educators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The threat that further land may be wrested from agriculture for these purposes is bound to be discouraging. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The client's defence may well be that a false confession was wrested from him or that something was planted on him by the police. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new operators have not proved very successful in wresting routes away from the original operator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is bound to be great delay in wresting land from its owners by means of compulsory purchase orders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope we have not got to the last day, and that we shall not have the text thus wrested from its context. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 British scientists have in a very short time wrested from the atom an amazing store of knowledge, and they are constantly making fresh discoveries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The history of the years since that time has been largely a story of how one material advantage after another has been wrested from us, seemingly for ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not allow this lead to be wrested from us as has happened with so many other ventures—the swing wing, the hovercraft and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From such a large annual national income surely can be wrested sound standards of supplementary pensions for the aged, the widowed and those who are on unemployment assistance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The latter see the proletariat as the chief agents of change and the chief beneficiaries of change—indeed, the chief instruments for wresting power from the owners of property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The committee concluded that, at its worst, labour-only sub-contracting produced faulty work by irresponsible men concerned only with wresting the greatest possible gain from the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we were to begin to do the necessary work now, at speed, we should stand a chance of wresting human understanding and development from the black jaws of habit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The skill and courage they have shown in tackling the immense problems in wresting oil and gas from one of the most hostile territories in the world demand universal praise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How these gems were wrested from the stellar dragons remains unsaid. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The government campaigns neither mitigated the prevalence or severity of clitoridectomy nor did they wrest full control of female initiation away from older women. The state bureaucracy wrested control from its architect and the architect's intentions for the interiors of the building were never realised. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While neutral territories are conquered by simply entering them, enemy territories must be wrested from the other player by defeating them in a skirmish. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The two men try to fight it out, but end up futilely wresting on the floor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever characters composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. He wrests the finger away and gives the man the other finger in return. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Therefore, fashioned like a trembling deer, the soul wrests herself free from the grip of death (strengthening itself by such exertions). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An eleven-point plan sought to abolish slavery and wrest control of southern society from slaveholders. Indeed, the power to tell her own story is wrested from her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He appointed the schout, wrested criminal jurisdiction from the council, controlled the tolls and lessened the influence of the city on the farmlands. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In trying to wrest office from men, many women found it expedient to remind their constituents, especially women, of how few women held high office. The feudal lords grudgingly yielded and some concessions were wrested from them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They succeeded in wresting control of the oil refinery, port, terminal and industry airport, as well as the town university. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1949 governmental control was wrested from the planters. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Another general strike took place in 1936 which wrested from the capitalists a forty-hour week and paid holidays. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Maniac methodically destroys their victims, and wrests their eyes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In her view, money was used by the rising polis to wrest power away from the aristocratic elite. The villages few worker families, too, benefited more and more from the social attainments that trade unions wrested for them from the late feudal powers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although it is difficult to wrest this interpretation from the texts, it is an option worth considering. Today some anthropologists are even attempting to wrest control of cognitive science from evolutionary psychology by proposing their own transdisciplinary terms for research. Jealous of his discovery, he is guarding it until he can secure the protection of the law to prevent others from wresting it from him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The time has come to wrest control of the language of evolutionary psychology away from the circle of researchers with whom it is currently identified and expand its authorship base. The answer to this question has involved a 20-year struggle to wrest control of the clinical event from a paternalism that once infused medical practice (and often still does). From 1930 to 1937 army leadership engaged in a struggle to wrest control of the institution from civilian elites, even while forging strong civil-military alliances, and to establish institutional discipline. However, the failure of the military's coup attempt in 1991 and the attempt to wrest power in 1992 meant that new avenues for political legitimacy had to be found. Both these approaches indicate a similar basic intent on the part of performers: they need to wrest control of the circumstances of performance from the audience. In this model, parties are already very strong in the electoral arena; so much so that they do not need to wrest control from the chamber in its decision-making process. He will also be providing assistance for the small people who find it difficult to wrest a living from the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If only the railways could wrest the heavy freight from the roads, how different would the position be! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A few men working in combination can wrest from the soil much more than they need for their own consumption. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot wrest from the earth just what you want and then leave the whole place derelict. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be some wily employers who might attempt to wrest some perceived commercial advantage by exploiting vulnerable workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In order to get that property back into circulation, we must wrest control of those council estates from the authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new humanitarian coalition is our best chance of bringing that about and, then, from this awful tragedy, we can wrest some good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The urban aid programme was the first of a series of attempts to wrest from local authorities the power that they had gained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is the power for the representative body to come in and to wrest power from the landlord. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every other nation is a possible enemy seeking, either alone or in combination with other nations, to wrest from us that command of the sea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have had to fight hard to wrest a sustenance, to build their townships and to maintain them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have endeavoured to wrest life from a soil which has been barren for years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had to wrest these things from the hands of private enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope they will grant by their goodwill that which we have not the strength to wrest from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite all the efforts of myself and others, it became very difficult to wrest the argument back to a more balanced discussion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the contrary, let the new bomber technique wrest for us the full dividends of this mighty opportunity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The time has surely come when we should wrest the monopoly of trouble from that country which seems in the world to be our chief opponent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fishing is one of the three basic and fundamental industries, the other two being agriculture and mining, in which we wrest from nature that which nature has to give. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no time in the present; majorities will not wait; they will wrest power wherever they can, even if they are in a very weak position to do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were the result of the fact that it was only by interminable toil of that kind that you could wrest the various necessities of life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to wrest that power from them, in order that the people can get free from a ridiculous situation that is becoming more and more ridiculous every day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to wrest anything from the referendum, we must have an educational debate, in which the arguments of all are sincerely presented, and probably passionately presented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are not going to wrest peace and better relations between men out of this welter of blood, all the blood has been shed in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nabobs, in some cases, even managed to wrest control of boroughs from the nobility and the gentry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the loyalist reinforcements rolled into the capital aboard tanks and armored vehicles and began to wrest the initiative, the rebels began to break. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wrangel, now aware of the threat, attempted several times to wrest control of the hills but was stopped each time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The two quarrelled, and each then planned to wrest control of the venture from the other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Our first task is to wrest the sanctuary from the desert sands, documenting our findings as we go. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Protesters launched a pre-emptive strike on the building, in order to wrest control of the position. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, he manages to wrest survival and even a certain amount of civilisation from the wilderness. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They will stop at nothing to wrest these secrets from their abductees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the beginning the popes were able repeatedly to wrest from their hands all that they had gained. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In short, block booking allowed the majors to wrest the greatest amount of profits from the marketplace. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The war was thus an effort to wrest these social, economic and political advantages back. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At university campuses, communists stepped up their criticism of capitalist development and wrested control of student and faculty unions. Workers wrested a lot of power from owners and won real concessions in the workplace. His domination over the folk-arts had moreover been consolidated by wresting control of the folk-dance movement as well. Their prominence in working groups enabled police representatives to frustrate agreement and important concessions were wrested from government. In very difficult personal circumstances, disabled people have wrested control from professionals, at least in limited ways. Who has hidden the wrongly wrested sense if not the poet? In order to achieve a new theoretical synthesis the idea of militarism had to be wrested from its traditional identification with the remnants of the absolutist state. In 1912, the department wrested control of parcel post delivery from the nation's express companies, rendering them obsolete in the parcel market in under a decade. They tell each other their stories of love and its consequences, the children wrested from them, which they were not allowed to keep and bring up. Correspondingly, outgoing parties created political and patronage opportunities in decentralised offices, but did not succeed in wresting power over political and fiscal decisionmaking from their erstwhile allies in the state. In addition, agricultural cooperatives and ministry bureaucrats wrested control over the regulation of key farm inputs such as petroleum and fertilizers away from business interests and their allies in government. The great transforming force in modern human history has been a voracious capitalism, which, for example, has invaded the family and wrested from it its traditional socializing functions. Such a move means wresting oneself and one's immediate family away from the extended family, uprooting from relations and depriving oneself of being sustained by kin contacts. We should thus expect resistance from workers to attempts by management to wrest control from them, and the historical evidence for this is now forthcoming. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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