| 词汇 | pried |
| 释义 | pried past simple and past participle ofpry pry verb uk /praɪ/ us /praɪ/ pryverb (ASK QUESTIONS)[ I ]disapproving to try to find out private facts about a person: 探听，打听（隐私） As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people's lives.作为一个记者，我拿取报酬去窥探他人的生活。 I hope you don't think I'm prying, but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before?我希望你不会觉得我是在打探你的私生活——你男朋友以前和什么人同居过吗？ She wanted a private holiday away from prying eyes(= where no one would be trying to see her).她想过一个属于自己的假期，避开那些刺探的目光。 Questioning people & asking questions in general ask after someone ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be someone's for the askingidiom beat something out of someone bombard consultative Gallup poll inquisition inquisitor outpoll pin someone down ply someone with something poll pry put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom quiz shoot survey trick question pryverb (OPEN)[ T ]mainly US to move or lift something by pressing a tool against a fixed point: 撬开，撬起 [ + adj ]The car trunk had been pried open and all her equipment was gone.汽车的行李箱被撬开了，她所有的装备都不见了。 Raising and lowering depress elevate elevated erect hike hike something up hoick hoist hold hold up jack prise prize pry put something up re-erect ride ride up run yo-yo Examples of priedpried In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Other than a limbic factor, covariation among brain divisions related to brain size has apparently rarely been pried apart in any substantial way. We have doubtless not yet pried open all the whited sepulchres in which the bones of dead ventures still lie hidden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should not have their private affairs pried into by all sorts of government officials on their own recognizance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The private affairs of men and women are pried into in a way which is intolerable to a person with average pride. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The event ended when several participants pried open the exit door with their fingernails and broke it down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The condemned man's eyes were pried out using special pliers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And we pried into the secrets of heaven, but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, when the car is pried open, his body is missing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The finder is removed from the camera, and the screen is then pried up using a fingernail along the silver rear edge of the screen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Advances in virtual reality technology have pried open the door to this enigmatic field. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The shingles of one of the latter were pried off and burned in a campfire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The sample is gently cut with the grain and pried loose. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later models had a plastic lever on a metal molded around a metal axle which pried apart the now-internal spring clip. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, when the car is pried open, his body is inexplicably missing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One of the men pried open the door to the park's shop, a small building hidden from the road. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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