1 VERB 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探 If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else's private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. 窥探；窥视；偷看；刺探
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We do not want people prying into our affairs. [VERB + into]
我们不希望别人窥探我们的私事。
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Imelda might think she was prying. [VERB]
艾美达可能认为她在刺探别人的隐私。
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She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished. [VERB-ing]
她觉得自己不会被偷窥，可以随心所欲。
SYN be inquisitive, peer, interfere, poke
2 VERB 撬动；撬开；撬起 If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface. 撬动；撬开；撬起
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They pried open a sticky can of blue paint. [VERB noun with adj.ive]
他们撬开了一个黏糊糊的蓝色油漆桶。
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I pried the top off a can of chilli. [VERB noun prep.]
我揭开一罐辣椒的盖子。
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Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop. [VERB noun with adv.]
她揭开塑料盖，拿出了一个小勺。
3 VERB （从…口中）费力地得到（消息等） If you pry something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to. （从…口中）费力地得到（消息等） [mainly US]
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...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. [V n + from/out of]
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
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