| 词汇 | pry |
| 释义 | 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 put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom rhetorical question roll 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 hike hike something up hoick hoist hold hold up jack lift prick (something) up prise prize put something up raise re-erect ride undulation winch pry | American Dictionarypry verb us/prɑɪ/ pryverb (OPEN)[ Talways+ adv/prep ] to open, move, or lift something by putting one end of a tool under it and pushing down on the other end: She pried the oyster open. [ Talways+ adv/prep ] fig. To pry is also to get something with much effort: They pried the information out of him. pryverb (ASK QUESTIONS)[ I ] to try to obtain private facts about a person: Reporters were prying into her personal life. |
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