wring /rɪŋ/ CET6+ TEM8 ( wringing, wrung, wrings )

• 1. 

  V-T If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to. 设法获取

  例：

  Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers.

  买主们想方设法从他们那些供应商那里获取无息赊购。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it. (因焦虑、悲伤或无计可施) 纽绞双手

  例：

  We can't simply stand by wringing our hands. We have to do something.

  我们不能只站着搓手，我们得做点什么。