pried

英 [praɪd]

美 [praɪd]

v.  探听，打听，探查(隐私)
pry的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探
  If someonepries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
  1. We do not want people prying into our affairs...
     我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
  2. Imelda might think she was prying...
     艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
  3. 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 youprysomething open orpryit away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
  1. 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。
  2. I pried the top off a can of chilli...
     我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
  3. 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 youprysomething such as informationout ofsomeone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing
  一阵狂风把铺在屋顶上的一块金属片掀起来了。
• He found that some one pried the cabinets in his bedroom.
  他发现卧室里的橱柜被人撬开了。
• I pried it loose with a crowbar and hoisted it into the wheelbarrow.
  我用撬棍把它撬松，然后搬到了手推车里。
• Seized with the joyful curiosity of an overgrown boy, he pried off the board with the corner of his fire-shovel.
  他心里喜洋洋的滋生一股大孩子的好奇心，用一把煤铲的角把木板撬起。
• Pried a confession out of the suspect.
  从嫌疑犯中寻出了口供。
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer.
  因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。
• I struggled out of bed, pried open my eyes, shaved and showered, and bolted down some breakfast.
  我挣扎着起了床，使劲睁开双眼，刮了脸又冲了澡，然后匆匆吞下一些早点。
• As long as he was rich, none pried into his conduct.
  只要他有钱，就没有人会追究他的行为。
• Though the wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundation though their melancholy was terrible.
  虽然风用它僵硬的手指，直往根基，撬捣，虽然它们的忧郁，着实可怕。
• He pried the box open with a screwdriver.
  他用螺丝起子将箱子撬开。