For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government...一年来，他一直试图从中央政府手中将控制权夺过来。You wrest my words out of their real meaning.你曲解了我话里的真正含义.The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.警官...
He waffled on for ages about his garden.他没完没了地瞎扯他的花园.He waffled on the issue.关于那个问题,他含糊其词.He waffled on for hours but no one was listening.他絮叨了半天,谁也没听进去....
To modern eyes, such doctrines appear harsh, even cruel.从现代的角度看, 这样的教义显得苛刻, 甚至残酷.He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了.These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs.这些残酷的刑...