柯林斯詞典pry /pra?/ (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(dá)可能認(rèn)爲(wèi)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 返回 pry劍橋詞典 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(wèi)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——你男朋友以前和什麼人同居過嗎? 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