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

• 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。
• 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。
• To protect the information from pried, modified, copied, and guarantee the security of data in Internet, VPN uses the Authentication, accessing control, data secreting, and data integrity etc.
  它采用身份认证、存取控制、数据机密性、数据完整性等措施，来保证信息在传输中不被偷看、篡改、复制，以保障信息在Internet上传输的安全性。
• I pried it loose with a crowbar and hoisted it into the wheelbarrow.
  我用撬棍把它撬松，然后搬到了手推车里。
• 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。
• Eventually they pried the information out of him.
  他们最终从他的门中挖出了情报。
• 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。
• As the cover was pried opened, an explosion occurred.
  在盖板被撬起后，爆炸发生了。
• Uncle Harold had pried, but Thomas had been vague and merely said that he was doing badly.
  哈罗德叔叔已经打听过了，但是托马斯含糊其辞，只说他干得不好。
• In fact, I understand the bite-reflex is so strong the victim's jaws have to be pried open with a crowbar.
  实际上，这种条件反射的咬合是如此之强，以至于受害者的牙关必须得用撬棍才撬得开。