The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information.安全部门会不遗余力地套取情报。

The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.侦探试图从她那儿套取信息。

He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room.他不知用的什么法子将皮卡德逼出了房间。

Political pressure finally winkled him out and on to a plane bound for Berlin.政治压力最终迫使他离开, 登上了去往柏林的飞机。

It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.解雇老警卫、再训练年轻警卫取而代之并不是件容易的事。