Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense wrests, present participle wresting, past tense, past participle wrested
1VERB (尤指艰难或非法地)攫取,抢夺 If you wrest something from someone else, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal. (尤指艰难或非法地)攫取,抢夺 [journalism, literary] [Also V n with away]
For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government. [VERB noun + from]
一年来,他一直试图从中央政府手中将控制权夺过来。
The men had returned to wrest back power. [V n with back]