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pry ASK QUESTIONSpraIv [I]disapproving to try to obtain private facts about a person窥探，打听"I thought I'd just told you not to pry into my affairs, " he said, getting up again.他再次站起来，说: “我想我刚刚告诉了你不要打听我的事情。”As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people's lives, a requirement that frequently made me uncomfortable.作为一个记者，我拿了人家的钱去窥探他人的生活，这常常让我很不舒服。I don't wish to pry but has your boyfriend ever lived with anyone before?我不想窥探别人的事，可是你的男朋友以前跟别的人同居过吗?The experimental installation is hidden from prying eyes (= people who want to look at it or discover things about it) by a tall bank of earth.这些试验设施用一堵很高的土墙遮住，不让他人窥探。
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