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pry

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    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; 窺探

    We do not want people prying into our affairs. 我們不想讓人刺探我們的私事。

    Imelda might think she was prying. 伊梅爾達可能認爲她在窺探。

  • 2. N the act of prying 刺探(之行動)

  • 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)

    [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] disapproving
    to try to find out private facts about a person
    探聽，打聽（隱私）
    As a reporter , I was paid to pry into other people's lives . 作爲一個記者，我拿取報酧去窺探他人的生活。
    I hope you don't think I'm prying, but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before? 我希望你不會覺得我是在打探你的私生活——你男朋友以前和什麽人同居過嗎？
    She wanted a private holiday away from prying eyes (= where no one would be trying to see her). 她想過一個屬於自己的假期，避開那些刺探的目光。

    pry verb (OPEN)

    [ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ] mainly US
    to move or lift something by pressing a tool against a fixed point
    撬開，撬起
    [ + adj ] The car trunk had been pried open and all her equipment was gone. 汽車的行李箱被撬開了，她所有的裝備都不見了。 返回 pry