pried

英 [praɪd]

美 [praɪd]

v.  探听，打听，探查(隐私)
pry的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探
  If someonepries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions.
  1. We do not want people prying into our affairs...
     我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
  2. Imelda might think she was prying...
     艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
  3. 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。
• VERB 撬动；撬开；撬起
  If youprysomething open orpryit away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface.
  1. 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。
  2. I pried the top off a can of chilli...
     我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
  3. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
     她揭开塑料盖，拿出了一个小勺。
• VERB （从…口中）费力地得到（消息等）
  If youprysomething such as informationout ofsomeone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing
  一阵狂风把铺在屋顶上的一块金属片掀起来了。
• So Tom pried his mouth open and poured down the Pain-killer.
  因此汤姆撬开它的嘴，把止痛药灌下去。
• He pried Erik from his chest unwillingly, longingly as though he were in pain.
  他费劲地从胸口把艾瑞克拉开既不情愿又充满渴望，似乎处在痛苦之中。
• A team from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research discovered the body when they pried open her lead coffin during a rescue excavation on the construction site of a new conference center in Rennes in northwestern France.
  在法国西北城市雷恩的新会议中心建筑工地上，法国国家考古人员研究所的一组人员在抢救性挖掘时发现了这具遗体，并撬开了这座铅质棺椁。
• I struggled out of bed, pried open my eyes, shaved and showered, and bolted down some breakfast.
  我挣扎着起了床，使劲睁开双眼，刮了脸又冲了澡，然后匆匆吞下一些早点。
• He pried the box open with a screwdriver.
  他用螺丝起子将箱子撬开。
• They pried open my boxes, stole my stuff, put water in my kerosene lamp so the oil would explode when I tried to light it, keeping me from reading at night.
  他们撬开我的箱子，偷走我的东西，往我的煤油灯里倒水，在我点灯的时候，煤油就会爆炸，这样我就在夜里没法看书了。
• They reassured him countless times; but he could not believe them, and pried cunningly about the lazarette to see with his own eyes.
  他们对他保证了无数次，但是他仍然不相信，仍然会狡猾地溜到贮藏室附近亲自窥探。
• They pried military information out of a prisoner.
  他们逼着囚犯提供军事情报。
• He found that some one pried the cabinets in his bedroom.
  他发现卧室里的橱柜被人撬开了。