prying
present participle ofpry
| 单词 | prying |
| 释义 | prying present participle ofpry pry verb uk/praɪ/us/praɪ/pryverb(ASK QUESTIONS)[I]disapproving totrytofindoutprivatefactsabout aperson: As areporter, I waspaidto pryintoother people'slives. Ihopeyou don'tthinkI'm prying, but hasyourboyfriendeverlivedwith anyone before? Shewantedaprivateholidayaway frompryingeyes(= where no one would betryingtoseeher). Questioning people & asking questions in general
pryverb(OPEN)[T]mainlyUS tomoveorliftsomething bypressingatoolagainst afixedpoint: [+ adj]Thecartrunkhad been priedopenand all herequipmentwas gone. Raising and lowering
Examplesofpryingprying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Venues rotated so as to avoid the suspicions ofpryingneighbours. From theCambridge English Corpus On 56 occasions, traps were damaged, mostly by armadillos, which escaped out of the traps bypryingthe door open. From theCambridge English Corpus With their asymmetry, peering heads andpryingbeaks, the birds have an amusing and sometimes ironic anthropomorphism. From theCambridge English Corpus And the creation of a full factual record on any social problem typically involvespryingout information that other people are zealously committed to keeping private. From theCambridge English Corpus However, we are perplexed by the suggestion that metaphysicians may have distinctive tools over and above those available to scientists for "prying" such gaps in any direction at all. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, it might be objectionable bypryinginto family arrangements under which the dwellinghouse is being constructed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We on this side would like nothing better than to avoidprying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 During recent years there has been a great increase in the amount of spying andpryinginto our personal secrets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She bought another property backing on to hers so as to protect her son from thepryingeyes of neighbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one is exempt from this sort of policy ofpryinginto his own individual affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Mypryingeyes were not able to find them out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It occasionally results in social workers being accused ofpryinginto issues that they should not investigate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Talk about investigation—it is not investigation: it isprying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a very fine principle in all educational establishments, and keeps a lot ofpryingeyes out of the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether this will mean that we can expect some protection of privacy from excessive mediaprying—eventually through case law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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