pry
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. 刺探; 窺探
We do not want people prying into our affairs. 我們不想讓人刺探我們的私事。
Imelda might think she was prying. 伊梅爾達(dá)可能認(rèn)為她在窺探。
2. N the act of prying 刺探(之行動(dòng))
3. V-T If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface. 撬
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pry /pra?/ (prying,pried,pries)
劍橋詞典
pry verb (ASK QUESTIONS)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞:后面不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ] disapprovingto try to find out private facts about a person
探聽(tīng),打聽(tīng)(隱私)
As a reporter , I was paid to pry into other people's lives . 作為一個(gè)記者,我拿取報(bào)酬去窺探他人的生活。
I hope you don't think I'm prying, but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before? 我希望你不會(huì)覺(jué)得我是在打探你的私生活——你男朋友以前和什么人同居過(guò)嗎?
She wanted a private holiday away from prying eyes (= where no one would be trying to see her). 她想過(guò)一個(gè)屬于自己的假期,避開(kāi)那些刺探的目光。
pry verb (OPEN)
[ 及物動(dòng)詞:后面接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ] mainly USto move or lift something by pressing a tool against a fixed point
撬開(kāi),撬起
[ + adj ] The car trunk had been pried open and all her equipment was gone. 汽車的行李箱被撬開(kāi)了,她所有的裝備都不見(jiàn)了。 返回 pry