with obj.
1- forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp用力拉, 用力拧：
Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold.
利拉用力扭动手臂, 试图从他手中挣脱出来。
1.1
- take (something, especially power or control) from someone or something else after considerable effort or difficulty辛苦谋求, 费力抢得：
they wanted to allow people to wrest control of their lives from impersonal bureaucracies.
他们希望允许人们从没有人情味的官僚机构中夺回自己生命的主宰权。
1.2
- archaic distort the meaning or interpretation of (something) to suit one's own interests or views〈古〉歪曲, 曲解：
you appear convinced of my guilt, and wrest every reply I have made.
你似乎相信我是有罪的, 并歪曲我的每一个回答。
- archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano〈古〉（为竖琴或钢琴校音的）扭钥, 校音钥。
词源
Old English wrǣstan 'twist， tighten'， of Germanic origin; related to Danish vriste, also to WRIST.