1 PHRASAL VERB 骗取，套出(信息) If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them. 骗取，套出(信息) [British, informal] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
SYN extract, dig out, draw out, extricate
2 PHRASAL VERB 把…赶出藏身处；迫使…离开 If you winkle someone out of a place where they are hiding or which they do not want to leave, you make them leave it. 把…赶出藏身处；迫使…离开 [British, informal]
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He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room. [VERB noun PREP. + of]
他不知用的什么法子将皮卡德逼出了房间。
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Political pressure finally winkled him out and on to a plane bound for Berlin. [VERB noun PREP.]
政治压力最终迫使他离开，登上了去往柏林的飞机。
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It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements. [VERB PREP. noun]
解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。
SYN force someone out, dislodge, extricate, smoke out