pry
vi. 窥探,打探
vt. 撬开,撬动; 费力地得到
If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
We do not want people prying into our affairs...
我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
Imelda might think she was prying...
艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
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。
I pried the top off a can of chilli...
我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
If you pry something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
...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
1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open;
2. be nosey;
3. search or inquire in a meddlesome way;
4. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry;
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail.
浣熊设法敲开垃圾桶的盖子.
Don't pry about our home!
不要往我们家窥视!
To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used with out.
挑出,逐出从一个地方或位置撬开 、 提取出或驱逐出.
A motorman tried to pry Rex's jaws open with a switch rod.
一个司机想用一根开关棒撬开雷克斯的嘴.
Don't pry into the affairs of others.
莫管闲事.