1.绞扭的人;绞扭机
2.强夺者,勒索者,敲诈者
3.造成痛苦,艰难的事件
1.a machine used for squeezing water out of clothes
1.Until the U. S. stops toying around and gets serious our economy is likely to be going through the wringer for quite some time.
除非美国停止胡闹，严肃对待经济问题，这样的话倒是有可能在相当一段时间内恢复太平的。
2.He called her a "dazzling singer" but added that she "puts good taste through the wardrobe wringer . All crass and no class. "
布莱克威尔称她为“一个让人眼花缭乱的歌手”，不过又说她“全无穿衣品味，粗枝滥叶，毫无档次”。
3.Months later, after Nixon had resigned in disgrace, humor columnist Art Buchwald jokingly give Graham a small bronze wringer .
辞职，幽默的专栏作家阿尔特·布克沃尔德开玩笑地赠给格雷厄姆一个青铜铸的绞汁机。
4.A company called Astrogenetix has started the approval process for putting their salmonella vaccine through the clinical trial wringer.
Astrogenetix公司为开始把他们的沙门氏菌（salmonella）疫苗进行临床试验的报批程序忐忑不安。
5.Turning a profit after going through the wringer of Chapter 11 is far easier than reversing decades of industrial decline, though.
然而，经过破产保护而扭亏为盈，比起扭转数十年的工业衰退要容易得多。
6.Every business I know has been through the wringer during the past two years.
过去两年，我认识的每家企业都历尽了磨难。
7.What can I tell you? The bitch put me through the wringer.
我能说什么？这贱人把我害得够惨的
8.Concerns about the transparency of Chinese companies put one Hong Kong-listed stock through the wringer last week.
对内地公司透明性的担忧上周令在香港上市的一家公司股票受到打击。