wrest
[rest] verb transitive + adverb or preposition formal
■to get something with effort or difficulty 辛苦谋求；费力取得•The shareholders are planning to wrest control of the company (away) from the current directors.股东正在计划从现任董事手中夺取公司的控制权。 ■to violently pull something away from someone 夺取；攫取•He wrested the letter from my grasp.他从我手中夺走了那封信。 |