pry
verb uk/praɪ/ us/praɪ/
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[ I ] disapproving探听，打听（隐私）
to try to find out private facts about a person
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。
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[ T ] mainly US撬开，撬起
to move or lift something by pressing a tool against a fixed point
[ + 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。