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柯林斯词典

    pry /praɪ/ (prying,pried,pries)

  • 1. V-I If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. 刺探; 窥探

    We do not want people prying into our affairs. 我们不想让人刺探我们的私事。

    Imelda might think she was prying. 伊梅尔达可能认为她在窥探。

  • 2. N the act of prying 刺探(之行动)

  • 3. V-T If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface. 撬

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剑桥词典

    pry verb (ASK QUESTIONS)

    [ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 ] 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。

    pry verb (OPEN)

    [ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ] 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。 返回 pry