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"wring from" in Chinese (Traditional)

強行取得榨取

Definition

透過施壓、威脅或不懈地堅持,強迫某人給你資訊、幫助或金錢等東西。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

此用語多用於半正式場合,強調對方不願給予某物。常搭配“confession(坦白)、information(資訊)、apology(道歉)”等詞。勿與“ring(打電話)”混淆。

Examples

It took hours to wring from him the truth about what happened.

花了幾個小時才**強行取得**他對發生事情的真相。

She managed to wring from her boss a day off.

她設法從老闆那裡**爭取到**一天假期。

The reporter tried to wring from the witness more details.

記者試圖從證人那裡**榨取**更多細節。

The confession was finally wrung from him after hours of questioning.

經過幾個小時的盤問,供詞終於被**逼了出來**。

It was impossible to wring from the company any compensation for the delay.

根本不可能從公司那裡**爭取到**因延誤的賠償。

No matter what I did, I couldn’t wring from them a simple apology.

無論我怎麼做,都**套不出**他們一句簡單的道歉。