查词历史:
- pry
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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.
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We do not want people prying into our affairs...
我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
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Imelda might think she was prying...
艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
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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。
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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.
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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。
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I pried the top off a can of chilli...
我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
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Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
她揭开塑料盖,拿出了一个小勺。
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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.
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...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
- Noun
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1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- synonym: crowbar,wrecking bar,pry bar
- Verb
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1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open;
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2. be nosey;
- "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
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3. search or inquire in a meddlesome way;
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4. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry;
- "They pried the information out of him"
- synonym: prise
- 1. Don't pry into private life of others.
- 不要窥探别人的私生活。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Don't pry into the affairs of others.
- 莫管闲事。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》


