- VERB 窥探;窥视;偷看;刺探
If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
- We do not want people prying into our affairs...
我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。 - Imelda might think she was prying...
艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。 - She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished.
她觉得自己不会被偷窥,可以随心所欲。
- VERB 撬动;撬开;撬起
If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
- They pried open a sticky can of blue paint...
他们撬开了一个黏糊糊的蓝色油漆桶。 - I pried the top off a can of chilli...
我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。 - Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
她揭开塑料盖,拿出了一个小勺。
- VERB (从…口中)费力地得到(消息等)
If you pry something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
- ...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
他们试图从美国酒精、烟草和武器管理局那里打探到那些名字
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 prize